Everyday Functioning Benefits from an Assisted Living Platform amongst Frail Older Adults and Their Caregivers.

ABSTRACT: Ambient assisted living technologies (AAL) are regarded as a promising solution to support aging in place. Yet, their efficacy has to be demonstrated in terms of benefits for independent living and for work conditions of caregivers. Hence, the purpose of this study was to assess the benefits of a multi-task AAL platform for both Frail older Individuals (FIs) and professional caregivers with respect to everyday functioning and caregiver burden. In this context, a 6-month field study involved 32 FIs living at home (half of them were equipped by the platform and the remaining half were not, as a control condition) and their caregivers. Everyday functioning measures were reported by frail participants and caregivers. Self-reported burden measures of caregiver were also collected. The main resu

SUBMITTER: Dupuy L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5626945 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature