Ambient assisted living technology-mediated interventions for older people and their informal carers in the context of healthy ageing: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

There is a growing demand for health and social care services to provide technology-mediated interventions that promote the health and well-being of older people with health or care needs and of their informal carers. The objectives of this study were to scope and review the nature and extent of prior intervention studies involving ambient assisted living technology-mediated interventions for older people and their informal carers, and how and in what ways (if any) the goals and aims of these interventions reflected the domains of the World Health Organization framework for healthy ageing.

Methods

We conducted a scoping review. Data were collected between June and October 2018 with an updated search in October 2020. A total of 85 articles were eligible fo

SUBMITTER: Nilsson MY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7770427 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature