The Use of Technical Aids Among Community-Based Elderly

Author:

Parker Marti G.1,Thorslund Mats2

Affiliation:

1. Marti G. Parker, MS, RPT, is Research Assistant, Centre for Primary Care Research, University Hospital, S-751 85 Uppsala, Sweden

2. Mats Thorslund, PhD, is Associate Professor, Department of Social Medicine, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden

Abstract

Abstract The growing elderly population will increase the need for assistive technology in the form of technical aids and housing adaptations to facilitate independence in activities of daily living. In this study, which was undertaken to facilitate a better understanding of the life-styles of the disabled elderly and the role of technical aids, 57 disabled persons over 74 years of age were studied. All of the subjects were residents of a rural Swedish community. The subjects had a total of 422 aids, an average of 7.4 per person. Seventy-five percent of the aids were being used, and 42 persons had at least one aid that granted autonomy. This finding illustrates the importance of technical aids in home care. It is recommended, therefore, that information about assistive technology be disseminated to personnel at all levels of community-based care.

Publisher

AOTA Press

Subject

Occupational Therapy

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