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The SHAPES Smart Mirror Approach for Independent Living, Healthy and Active Ageing. [PDF]

open access: yesSensors (Basel), 2021
The benefits that technology can provide in terms of health and support for independent living are in many cases not enough to break the barriers that prevent older adults from accepting and embracing technology.
Chaparro JD   +9 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Barriers to Telemedicine Video Visits for Older Adults in Independent Living Facilities: Mixed Methods Cross-sectional Needs Assessment. [PDF]

open access: yesJMIR Aging, 2022
Background Despite the increasing availability of telemedicine video visits during the COVID-19 pandemic, older adults have greater challenges in getting care through telemedicine.
Mao A   +8 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Housing, Living Arrangements and Mental Health of Young Adults in Independent Living. [PDF]

open access: yesInt J Environ Res Public Health, 2021
Young adults are prone to psychological stress and anxiety induced by major transitions to adulthood. While employment has predominated in previous research on the social determinants of young people’s mental health, this study examines the association ...
Seo BK, Park GR.
europepmc   +2 more sources

The Elderly’s Independent Living in Smart Homes: A Characterization of Activities and Sensing Infrastructure Survey to Facilitate Services Development

open access: yesSensors, 2015
Human activity detection within smart homes is one of the basis of unobtrusive wellness monitoring of a rapidly aging population in developed countries.
Qin Ni   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Building Community Capacity: Exploring Voice Assistants to Support Older Adults in an Independent Living Community

open access: yesInternational Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2023
Voice assistants (VAs) such as Siri or Amazon Alexa can benefit older adults by offering accessible and convenient information options and aiding living independently. Therefore, researchers have considered how VAs might support older adults.
Yukta Karkera   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Accelerated adulthood, extended adolescence and the care cliff: Supporting care leavers' transition from care to independent living

open access: yesChild & Family Social Work, 2022
The pressures of ‘ accelerated adulthood ’ are a critical challenge for young people ageing out of the care system. Despite the trauma related to their placement history, young people ‘ aging out ’ are expected to adapt to adulthood at younger age and ...
Angela Palmer   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of assistive technology and telecare for independent living in dementia: a randomised controlled trial

open access: yesAge and Ageing, 2021
Objectives The use of assistive technology and telecare (ATT) has been promoted to manage risks associated with independent living in people with dementia but with little evidence for effectiveness.
R. Howard   +27 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Young Adults With Developmental Language Disorder: A Systematic Review of Education, Employment, and Independent Living Outcomes.

open access: yesJournal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 2020
Purpose Research on developmental language disorder (DLD) in adulthood has increased rapidly in recent years. However, to date, there has been no systematic literature review on this topic, thereby limiting the possibility to have a comprehensive ...
Pascale Dubois   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Independent living with mobility restrictions: older people's perceptions of their out-of-home mobility

open access: yesAgeing & Society, 2020
We studied older people's perceptions of how they organise their out-of-home mobility and independent living when they face mobility restrictions, based on seven focus groups with older people (N = 28) from a suburb in Finland.
Henna Luoma-Halkola, Liisa Häikiö
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Development of a measure of knowledge use by stakeholders in rehabilitation technology

open access: yesSAGE Open Medicine, 2014
Objectives: Uptake of new knowledge by diverse and diffuse stakeholders of health-care technology innovations has been a persistent challenge, as has been measurement of this uptake.
Vathsala I Stone   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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