Video Calls for Older Adults: A Narrative Review of Experiments Involving Older Adults in Elderly Care Institutions.

ABSTRACT: Social isolation in geriatric institutions is a real threat to older adults' (OAs) well-being. Visits from family members, when they are not impacted by geographical distance or illness, sometimes fail to provide sufficient opportunities for social connectedness and interaction to prevent and/or combat OAs' loneliness and social isolation. Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) offer promising solutions to this problem. Video calls provide a quick and convenient way for remote communication between OAs and their families, and a complement to face-to-face visits in geriatric settings. Over the last months, during the several confinements imposed to stop the transmission of COVID-19 over the world, several care homes and long-care facilities have equipped themselves with laptops,

SUBMITTER: Naude B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8795665 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature