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Autonomy, independence, and participation of nursing home habitants addressed by assistive technology: A scoping review

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Context Assistive technologies have been identified by researchers and public policies of the Western world to be promising tools to face the challenge of maintaining quality of life of older people, and especially for nursing home habitants. Independence, autonomy, and participation are major determinants of quality of life of nursing homes habitants. Maintaining quality of life is nowadays a priority for public health policies and institutions of the where the population is growing older every year. Method This PRISMA-ScR review aims to determine which assistive technologies are used to promote autonomy, independence, and social participation of nursing home habitants. An electronic search was conducted for English, French articles to identify research studies using CINAHL, PubMed, Cochrane Library, PsycINFO, and Googlescholar. Results 12 papers published between 2009 and 2023 described 6 assistive technologies: technologies integrated into the environment, monitoring technologies, surveillance technologies, information and communication technology, social assistance robots, virtual reality. Six types of AT are currently used worldwide to maintain autonomy, independence and participation of people living in nursing homes. Their use is mainly perceived as positive by habitants, care and non-care staff, next of kin, and experts despite some concerns regarding ethical, financial, consideration. Discussion Nevertheless, their impact on habitant’s autonomy, independence and participation still needs to be measured using suitable tools to understand their real impact on the quality of life of the elderly.
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hal-04614331 , version 1 (17-06-2024)

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Marielle André, Jérémy Enez, Kevin Charras, Maud Besançon, Sylvain Delouvée. Autonomy, independence, and participation of nursing home habitants addressed by assistive technology: A scoping review. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 2024, pp.1-13. ⟨10.1080/17483107.2024.2359472⟩. ⟨hal-04614331⟩
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