Research Group Technology for Healthcare Innovations, Research Center Healthy and Sustainable Living, University of Applied Science Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Building Healthy Environments for Future Users Group, Department of the Built Environment, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands.
Front Public Health. 2022 Mar 29;10:797176. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.797176. eCollection 2022.
The need for care will increase in the coming years. Most people with a disability or old age receive support from an informal caregiver. Caring for a person with dementia can be difficult because of the BPSD (Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia). BPSD, including sleep disturbance, is an important factor for a higher care load. In this scoping review, we aim to investigate whether technology is available to support the informal caregiver, to lower the care burden, improve sleep quality, and therefore influence the reduction of social isolation of informal caregivers of people with dementia. A scoping review is performed following the methodological framework by Arksey and O'Mally and Rumrill et al., the scoping review includes scientific and other sources (unpublished literature, websites, reports, etc.). The findings of the scoping review shows that there are technology applications available to support the informal caregiver of a person with dementia. The technology applications mostly contribute to lower the care burden and/or improve sleep quality and therefore may contribute to reduce social isolation. The technology applications found target either the person with dementia, the informal caregiver, or both.
未来几年，对护理的需求将会增加。大多数残疾或老年人士都得到非专业护理人员的支持。由于痴呆症患者的行为和心理症状（BPSD），照顾痴呆症患者可能会很困难。BPSD 包括睡眠障碍，是导致护理负担加重的重要因素。在这项范围综述中，我们旨在调查是否有技术可以支持非专业护理人员，以减轻护理负担、改善睡眠质量，从而影响减少痴呆症患者非专业护理人员的社会隔离。该范围综述是按照 Arksey 和 O'Mally 以及 Rumrill 等人的方法框架进行的，范围综述包括科学和其他来源（未发表的文献、网站、报告等）。范围综述的结果表明，有一些技术应用可以支持痴呆症患者的非专业护理人员。这些技术应用主要有助于减轻护理负担和/或改善睡眠质量，因此可能有助于减少社会隔离。所发现的技术应用针对的是痴呆症患者、非专业护理人员或两者兼有。
