Exploring the Potential of Emerging Technologies to Meet the Care and Support Needs of Older People: A Delphi Survey.

ABSTRACT: Some emerging technologies have potential to address older people's care and support needs. However, there is still a gap in the knowledge on the potential uses of these technologies in some care domains. Therefore, a two-round Delphi survey was conducted to establish a consensus of opinion from a group of health and social technology experts (n = 21) on the potential of 10 emerging technologies to meet older people's needs in five care and support domains. Experts were also asked to provide reasons for their choices in free-text spaces. The consensus level was set at 70%. Free-text responses were analyzed using thematic analysis. Voice activated devices was the technology that reached experts consensus in all assessed care domains. Some technologies (e.g., Artificial intelligence (AI) ena

SUBMITTER: Abdi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8006038 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature