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The use of digital technologies by people with mild-to-moderate dementia during the COVID-19 pandemic: A positive technology perspective
A growing body of research has shown that people with dementia are using digital technologies to enhance lived experience. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought new digital opportunities and challenges and so provides a unique opportunity to understand how people with dementia have adapted to this new d...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8960751/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35333111 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14713012221079477 |
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description | A growing body of research has shown that people with dementia are using digital technologies to enhance lived experience. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought new digital opportunities and challenges and so provides a unique opportunity to understand how people with dementia have adapted to this new digital landscape. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 19 people with dementia and analysed thematically. We generated five themes, showing how participants used digital means to combat the stresses of the pandemic by facilitating social connection, self-actualisation, enhanced well-being and by assisting with activities of daily life. These technologies helped to reduce isolation, provide access to support groups, create opportunities for cognitive stimulation and self-development, and engendered a sense of identity at a time of perceived loss. Despite these benefits, participants also reported challenges regarding cognitive fatigue and usability issues. We recommend that training on how to use digital technologies is co-produced with people with dementia and designers engage with the voices of people with dementia throughout the design process. In turn, this could promote the social connectedness, well-being and self-worth of people with dementia. |
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spelling | pubmed-89607512022-03-29 The use of digital technologies by people with mild-to-moderate dementia during the COVID-19 pandemic: A positive technology perspective Talbot, Catherine V Briggs, Pam Dementia (London) Articles A growing body of research has shown that people with dementia are using digital technologies to enhance lived experience. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought new digital opportunities and challenges and so provides a unique opportunity to understand how people with dementia have adapted to this new digital landscape. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 19 people with dementia and analysed thematically. We generated five themes, showing how participants used digital means to combat the stresses of the pandemic by facilitating social connection, self-actualisation, enhanced well-being and by assisting with activities of daily life. These technologies helped to reduce isolation, provide access to support groups, create opportunities for cognitive stimulation and self-development, and engendered a sense of identity at a time of perceived loss. Despite these benefits, participants also reported challenges regarding cognitive fatigue and usability issues. We recommend that training on how to use digital technologies is co-produced with people with dementia and designers engage with the voices of people with dementia throughout the design process. In turn, this could promote the social connectedness, well-being and self-worth of people with dementia. SAGE Publications 2022-03-25 2022-05 /pmc/articles/PMC8960751/ /pubmed/35333111 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14713012221079477 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Articles Talbot, Catherine V Briggs, Pam The use of digital technologies by people with mild-to-moderate dementia during the COVID-19 pandemic: A positive technology perspective |
title | The use of digital technologies by people with mild-to-moderate dementia during the COVID-19 pandemic: A positive technology perspective |
title_full | The use of digital technologies by people with mild-to-moderate dementia during the COVID-19 pandemic: A positive technology perspective |
title_fullStr | The use of digital technologies by people with mild-to-moderate dementia during the COVID-19 pandemic: A positive technology perspective |
title_full_unstemmed | The use of digital technologies by people with mild-to-moderate dementia during the COVID-19 pandemic: A positive technology perspective |
title_short | The use of digital technologies by people with mild-to-moderate dementia during the COVID-19 pandemic: A positive technology perspective |
title_sort | use of digital technologies by people with mild-to-moderate dementia during the covid-19 pandemic: a positive technology perspective |
topic | Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8960751/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35333111 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14713012221079477 |
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