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Matching gerontechnologies to independent-living seniors' individual needs: development of the GTM tool.

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  • المؤلفون: Haufe M;Haufe M; Peek STM; Peek STM; Luijkx KG; Luijkx KG
  • المصدر:
    BMC health services research [BMC Health Serv Res] 2019 Jan 11; Vol. 19 (1), pp. 26. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Jan 11.
  • نوع النشر :
    Journal Article
  • اللغة:
    English
  • معلومة اضافية
    • المصدر:
      Publisher: BioMed Central Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 101088677 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1472-6963 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 14726963 NLM ISO Abbreviation: BMC Health Serv Res Subsets: MEDLINE
    • بيانات النشر:
      Original Publication: London : BioMed Central, [2001-
    • الموضوع:
      Independent Living*; Biomedical Technology/*methods ; Geriatrics/*methods; Aged ; Health Services Research ; Healthy Aging/physiology ; Humans ; Needs Assessment ; Netherlands
    • نبذة مختصرة :
      Background: Most seniors wish to live independently for as long as possible. Gerontechnologies such as personal alarms or remote control systems, have the potential to help them age in place. For seniors, assessing what is the most appropriate technology for their aging in place needs can be difficult. Professionals specifically tasked with matching seniors' needs with technology solutions can greatly help here. Yet not much is known about the challenges these professionals face or how they can optimize their matchmaking service.
      Methods: Participatory action research was conducted in the Netherlands, in two phases. In phase one, ten matchmaking dialogues between municipal technology consultants and seniors were observed, followed by interviews with both technology consultants and seniors to understand the current matchmaking service. In phase two, a new matchmaking tool was co-created with technology consultants and other professionals over the course of four co-creation session. Variants of the tool were tested out in nine additional matchmaking dialogues. The Cycle of Technology Acquirement by Independent-Living Seniors (C-TAILS) model, which can be used to understand both origins and consequences of technology acquirement by independent-living seniors, was used as a theoretical lens.
      Results: Important challenges for municipal technology consultants in their current matchmaking practice are: making the matchmaking service more demand oriented and creating an accurate and complete overview of relevant factors within the seniors' individual situation so that an optimal match can be made. Together with technology consultants and other professionals, a new Gerontechnologies Matchmaking (GTM) tool was created to help overcome these challenges. Evaluation of the tool showed that it better includes each senior's personal, social, physical and technological context, within the matchmaking service.
      Conclusion: Professionals who help seniors match gerontechnology to their aging in place needs experience a variety of challenges in the delivery of their service. Currently, few tools are available for them to overcome these challenges. The newly developed GTM tool can help overcome challenges and optimize matchmaking services. Further testing of the tool in different contexts is needed to determine its generalizability.
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    • Grant Information:
      N/A Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport
    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: Aging in place; Assessment of healthcare needs; Assistive technology; Gerontechnology; Matching; Service delivery
    • الموضوع:
      Date Created: 20190113 Date Completed: 20190225 Latest Revision: 20200225
    • الموضوع:
      20221213
    • الرقم المعرف:
      PMC6329159
    • الرقم المعرف:
      10.1186/s12913-018-3848-5
    • الرقم المعرف:
      30634971