Department of Health sciences, Section of Nursing Graduate Level, University West, SE-461 86, Trollhättan, Sweden.
Department of Health sciences, Section of Nursing Undergraduate Level, University West, SE-461 86, Trollhättan, Sweden.
BMC Health Serv Res. 2023 Feb 10;23(1):144. doi: 10.1186/s12913-023-09130-2.
As the number of older people increases, so does the need for care. However, the workforce in eldercare cannot increase at the rate required to match the needs. Welfare technologies, such as surveillance cameras, can replace physical visits and be used at night to monitor older people in order to keep them safe, while not disturbing their sleep. The aim of the paper is to analyze obstacles and opportunities associated with implementation and use of surveillance cameras at nursing homes from the perspectives of the practitioners who use the technology, their working environment and the conditions of the older people with cognitive impairment who live in nursing homes.
Individual semi-structured interviews were conducted with the eldercare personnel at nursing homes to understand their experiences of implementation and use of surveillance cameras. The transcribed interviews were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. The consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative research (COREQ) was used as a guidance tool.
The results show that the eldercare personnel experienced lack of adequate information, education and support related to using surveillance cameras. Several benefits are highlighted, such as better working environment and that the residents were not unnecessarily disturbed at night. However, the results also show that it is important to clarify that surveillance cameras cannot replace the human presence.
The conclusions from this study are the importance of prerequisites for implementation, and that using surveillance cameras contributed to improvements in the working environment at night and created possibilities to maintain security and integrity for older people living in nursing homes.
随着老年人数量的增加，对护理的需求也在增加。然而，老年护理劳动力的增长速度无法满足需求。福利技术，如监控摄像头，可以代替实地探访，并在夜间用于监测老年人，以确保他们的安全，同时又不会打扰他们的睡眠。本文的目的是从使用这项技术的从业者、他们的工作环境以及居住在养老院的认知障碍老年人的条件这三个角度，分析在养老院实施和使用监控摄像头所面临的障碍和机遇。
对养老院的老年护理人员进行了个人半结构化访谈，以了解他们在实施和使用监控摄像头方面的经验。对转录的访谈进行了定性内容分析。使用统一报告的定性研究标准 (COREQ) 作为指导工具。
结果表明，老年护理人员在使用监控摄像头方面缺乏足够的信息、教育和支持。强调了一些好处，例如改善工作环境，夜间不会不必要地打扰居民。然而，结果还表明，必须明确指出监控摄像头不能代替人的存在。
本研究的结论是实施前的前提条件很重要，使用监控摄像头有助于改善夜间工作环境，并为居住在养老院的老年人提供安全和完整的保障。
