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P2‐270: PSYCHIATRIC FACE TIME: TELEHEALTH FOR TECHNOLOGY‐DRIVEN INNOVATIONS IN DEMENTIA CARE
Author(s) -
Glover Juliet A.,
Srinivasan Shilpa,
Bouknight James G.,
Campbell Jamae
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
alzheimer's and dementia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.713
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1552-5279
pISSN - 1552-5260
DOI - 10.1016/j.jalz.2014.05.948
Subject(s) - telehealth , dementia , telepsychiatry , medicine , mental health , pace , telemedicine , population , geriatrics , long term care , videoconferencing , health care , psychiatry , gerontology , disease , pathology , telecommunications , geodesy , environmental health , computer science , geography , economics , economic growth
this information two methodologies will be used: a semistructured interview and a participant observation. The interview will be administered to those people in the early stages of the dementia at home. Interviewees will be asked to explain the compensations they are using to carry out instrumental activities of daily living where they have limitations. Information will be retrieved on for how long they have been using them, the satisfaction these strategies provide and where they got it from. Demand of additional help will be asked. Several sociodemographic and type of dementia and severity variables will be retrieved. In the participant observation carried out at the individuals’ home, information will be retrieved on the sequence in whichthe actions aredeveloped; technical aids used influence of the home environment on the process and its outcome. Up to now, the observational stage has started and some results have been collected. The collection of this information will allow the professionals to: (1) understand the real needs and difficulties of the people with dementia; (2) design and validate more ecological interventions based on the concept of everyday live and which will be able to maximize their capacities to meetthechallenges of their lives.