What ´s in it for me? A retrospective cost-consequence study of a digital assistive technology
K. Baudin, A. Sundstrom, C. Gustafsson, J. Borg
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AbstractMild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia are significant causes of disability and dependency among older adults worldwide. The number of older adults with MCI and dementia is rapidly increasing. Research suggests that digital assistive technologies can help older adults to maintain their quality of life and participate in everyday life. By structuring the everyday activities with reminders and alarms, the digital assistive technology increases independence and safety and relieves stress and anxiety. This contributes to healthy ageing and prolonged living in their homes, also called ageing in place. The adoption and implementation of digital assistive technologies in health care are crucial to older adults, the informal caregivers and the healthcare staff. The informal caregivers' life situation is affected due to the older adults’ symptoms of MCI and dementia, which implicates difficulties in managing their everyday life without support from their partners, children, or close friends. However, while health economic evaluations are an essential tool when arranging priorities in the health care sector, evidence for cost consequences analysis on older adults with MCI and dementia using digital assistive technologies is limited. The study aims to explore the benefits and effects of the informal caregivers' view, of "Memoplanner" on the older adults' activity, participation, health-related quality of life, and map-related costs to the provision of the digital assistive technology.Keywords: mild cognitive impairment, digital assistive technology, informal caregivers, healthy ageing, cost consequence analysis
K. Baudin, A. Sundstrom, C. Gustafsson, J. Borg (2022). What ´s in it for me? A retrospective cost-consequence study of a digital assistive technology. Gerontechnology, 21(s),1-1
https://doi.org/10.4017/gt.2022.21.s.711.opp1