Carers using assistive technology in dementia care at home: a mixed methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Informal carers support persons with dementia to live at home, even with deteriorating physical, social and cognitive issues. This study aims to examine the experiences and impact of Assistive Technology (AT) on carers, providing care for a person with dementia.

Methods

This is an explanatory sequential mixed methods study. The quantitative phase was an online and postal survey using the Carers Assistive Technology Experience Questionnaire and Short Form-12 (SF-12) questionnaire, with carers of persons with dementia in the UK, who used AT. The qualitative phase involved in-depth telephone interviews with a purposive sample of survey respondents and was analysed using hermeneutic phenomenology to develop, compare and explain the findings of the survey.

Results

SUBMITTER: Sriram V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9173970 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature