Potential for digital monitoring to enhance wellbeing at home for people with mild dementia and their family carers

FOWLER DAVIS, Sally, BARNETT, Deborah, KELLEY, John and CURTIS, David (2019). Potential for digital monitoring to enhance wellbeing at home for people with mild dementia and their family carers. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.

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Abstract

Digital technologies have the potential to assist people with dementia to monitor day to day activities and mitigate the risks of living independently. This purposive pilot study surveyed participants for frailty, wellbeing, and perceived carer burden using the 3Rings™ digital plug. 30 paired participants used the digital device for four months. People with dementia reported a decline in wellbeing and increased frailty. Family carers reported a decline in wellbeing but 18 reported a reduction in burden. The use of digital monitoring by family carers demonstrated a reduction in their perceived burden and the device was acceptable to people with mild dementia living alone.

Item Type: Article
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-190844
SWORD Depositor: Symplectic Elements
Depositing User: Symplectic Elements
Date Deposited: 06 Dec 2019 09:25
Last Modified: 18 Mar 2021 02:55
URI: https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/25500

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