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)：项目概要：该项目的总体目的是为需要长期护理的虚弱和残疾个人，特别是生活在共享居住环境中的个人，建立一个基于网络的、可搜索的、可更新的现有和新兴技术的信息数据库。创建了网站www.TechForLTC.org的原型版本，提供关于7个护理问题的信息(大小便失禁、跌倒管理、辅助呼叫系统、漫步管理、洗澡、搬运和转移以及药物管理)。它目前可以在网上使用，每月的点击量约为7000次。每一期护理问题不仅提供了广泛的产品清单，而且提供了实用的补充信息，以支持明智的决策。这包括与护理问题相关的经验性参考文献的结构化参考书目，不同类别产品的不同功能的描述，以及在做出购买决定之前向供应商提出的有用问题。虽然该网站已开通18个月，但尚未对目标用户的实用性、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)。这个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，根据他们对网站所有方面的相关性和完整性的满意度，并将这一反馈纳入网站；2)使用深入的启发式评估技术，评估原型网站对主要用户群体在功能方面的价值，并将这些信息纳入网站；以及3)确定将在第二阶段添加的最突出的关怀领域。将使用定性和定量方法让网站用户评估网站。将根据对数据的分析，根据需要对网站进行修改，并重新评估。我们还将调查100家服务提供商，以确定在第二阶段添加到网站上最突出的主题。相关性：居住在社区的残疾人可用的技术(数量更多、种类更多)与专为老年人提供的技术之间存在差异，特别是居住在共享住宿长期护理环境中的老年人[LTC]。关于产品、设备和系统的无偏见信息的可获得性也存在显著差异，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和最需要支持的人。有明确证据表明，辅助技术可以支持残疾人的独立和增强功能，以及提高其生活质量。辅助技术还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。