A Digital Platform for Facilitating Personalized Dementia Care in Nursing Homes: Formative Evaluation Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Care personalization is key to the well-being of people with dementia according to person-centered care. With the development of the internet of things, a large quantity of personal data can be collected securely and reliably, which has the potential to facilitate care personalization for people with dementia. Yet, there are limited assistive technologies developed for this purpose, and the user acceptance of assistive technologies is low in nursing homes. Therefore, through a data-enabled design approach, a digital platform was developed for helping the care team in a nursing home to personalize dementia care, specifically in the management of behavioral and psychological dementia symptoms.

Objective

This study aimed to evaluate the digital platform in a real-lif

SUBMITTER: Wang G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8196358 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature