Assessment of need and practice for assistive technology and telecare for people with dementia—The ATTILA (Assistive Technology and Telecare to maintain Independent Living At home for people with dementia) trial

Forsyth, Kirsty, Henderson, Catherine ORCID: 0000-0003-4340-4702, Davis, Lucy, Singh Roy, Anusua, Dunk, Barbara, Curnow, Eleanor, Gathercole, Rebecca, Lam, Natalie, Harper, Emma, Leroi, Iracema, Woolham, John, Fox, Chris, O'Brien, John, Bateman, Andrew, Poland, Fiona, Bentham, Peter, Burns, Alistair, Davies, Anna, Gray, Richard, Bradley, Rosie, Knapp, Martin ORCID: 0000-0003-1427-0215, Newman, Stanton, McShane, Rupert, Ritchie, Craig, Talbot, Emma, Hooper, Emma, Winson, Rachel, Scutt, Bethany, Ordonez, Victoria, Nunn, Samantha, Lavelle, Grace and Howard, Robert (2019) Assessment of need and practice for assistive technology and telecare for people with dementia—The ATTILA (Assistive Technology and Telecare to maintain Independent Living At home for people with dementia) trial. Alzheimer's and Dementia: Translational Research and Clinical Interventions, 5. pp. 420-430. ISSN 2352-8737

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Abstract

Introduction The objective of this study was to define current assistive technology and telecare (ATT) practice for people with dementia living at home. Methods This is a randomized controlled trial (N = 495) of ATT assessment and ATT installation intervention, compared with control (restricted ATT package). ATT assessment and installation data were collected. Qualitative work identified value networks delivering ATT, established an ATT assessment standard. Results ATT was delivered by public and not-for-profit telecare networks. ATT assessments showed 52% fidelity to the ATT assessment standard. Areas of assessment most frequently leading to identifying ATT need were daily activities (93%), memory (89%), and problem-solving (83%). ATT needs and recommendations were weakly correlated (τ = 0.242; P

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/alzheimers-a...
Additional Information:	© 2019 The Authors
Divisions:	Care Policy and Evaluation Centre Health Policy
Subjects:	R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine T Technology > T Technology (General)
Date Deposited:	09 Sep 2019 12:48
Last Modified:	12 Dec 2024 01:52
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/101570

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