www.TechforLTC.com: Bringing Assistive Technologies LTC

www.TechforLTC.com：带来辅助技术 LTC

• 批准号: 7161539
• 负责人: MARGARET P CALKINS
• 金额: $ 10万
• 依托单位: IDEAS, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-09-15 至 2007-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7161539
• 关键词: Internet; assistive device /technology; bioengineering /biomedical engineering; caregivers; clinical research; computer system design /evaluation; decision making; extended care; frail elderly; health care personnel; home for elderly; human subject; information systems; medical rehabilitation related tag; nursing homes; person with disability; questionnaires; residential care facility

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Project Summary: The overall purpose of this project is to construct a web-based, searchable, updateable informatics database of existing and emerging technologies for frail and disabled individuals who require long-term care, and particularly individuals who live in shared residential settings. A prototype version of the website www.TechForLTC.org was created that provides information on 7 care issues (incontinence, fall management, assistance call systems, wander management, bathing, lifting and transfer, and medication management). It is currently available on the web, and is getting approximately 7,000 hits per month. Each care issue provides not only an extensive product listing, but practical, supplemental information to support informed decision-making. This includes a structured bibliography of empirical references related to the care issues, description of the different features of different classes of products, and useful questions to ask vendors before making a purchase decision. While the website has been available for 18 months, it has not been evaluated in terms of utility, design or functionality for the intended users. Therefore, Phase 1 focuses on evaluating the site and determining what changes are needed before adding more content to the website (in Phase II). There are 3 goals of this Phase I project: 1) to evaluate the value of the prototype website to the primary user groups in terms of their satisfaction with the relevance and completeness of all aspects of the website and incorporate this feedback into the website; 2) to evaluate the value of the prototype website to the primary user groups in terms of functionality using in-depth heuristic evaluation techniques and incorporate this information into the website; and 3) to identify the most salient care areas to be added in Phase II. Qualitative and quantitative methods will be used to have site users evaluate the site. Modifications will be made to the site as necessary based on analysis of the data, and re-evaluated. We will also survey 100 service providers to determine what topics are most salient for adding to the site in Phase II. Relevance: There are disparities between technologies that are available to people with disabilities who live in the community (greater number and variety) and those that are available specifically for older adults, particularly elders living in shared residential long-term care settings [LTC]. There are also significant disparities in accessibility of unbiased information about products, devices and systems, which are more prevalent for individuals in the community than those who reside in LTC settings. Yet these individuals are often the frailest and most in need of supportive assistance. There is clear evidence that assistive technologies can support independence and enhanced functioning, as well as quality of life of individuals with disabilities. Assistive technologies may also have a significant impact on worker efficiency and satisfaction, reduce injury (resident and staff) and help keep liability costs under control.

描述（由申请人提供）：项目概述：该项目的总体目的是为需要长期护理的体弱和残疾人，特别是居住在共享住宅环境中的个人，构建一个基于网络的，可搜索的，可更新的现有和新兴技术信息数据库。创建了网站www.TechForLTC.org的原型版本，提供有关7个护理问题（失禁、跌倒管理、援助呼叫系统、流浪管理、洗澡、抬举和转移以及药物管理）的信息。目前可在网上查阅，每月点击率约为7 000次。每个护理问题不仅提供了一个广泛的产品清单，但实际的，补充信息，以支持知情的决策。这包括与护理问题相关的经验参考文献的结构化书目，不同类别产品的不同特征的描述，以及在做出购买决定之前向供应商询问的有用问题。虽然该网站已开通18个月，但尚未对预期用户的实用性、设计或功能进行评估。因此，第一阶段的重点是评估网站，并确定在向网站添加更多内容之前需要进行哪些更改（在第二阶段）。第一阶段项目有三个目标：1）评估原型网站对主要用户群体的价值，即他们对网站各个方面的相关性和完整性的满意度，并将此反馈纳入网站; 2）评估原型网站对主要用户群体的功能价值，使用-深度启发式评估技术，并将此信息纳入网站;和3）确定最突出的护理领域将在第二阶段增加。将使用定性和定量方法让网站用户评估网站。将根据数据分析对研究中心进行必要的修改，并进行重新评价。我们还将对100家服务提供商进行调查，以确定哪些主题最值得在第二阶段添加到网站中。相关性：生活在社区中的残疾人（数量和种类更多）可获得的技术与专门为老年人提供的技术之间存在差异，特别是生活在共享住宅长期护理环境中的老年人。在获得有关产品、设备和系统的无偏见信息方面也存在显著差异，社区中的个人比居住在LTC环境中的个人更普遍。然而，这些人往往是最脆弱的，最需要支持性援助。有明确的证据表明，辅助技术可以支持残疾人的独立性和增强功能以及生活质量。辅助技术也可能对工人的效率和满意度产生重大影响，减少伤害（居民和工作人员），并有助于控制责任成本。