University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Healthc Manage Forum. 2024 Nov;37(6):418-422. doi: 10.1177/08404704241271274. Epub 2024 Aug 14.
COVID-19 increased the use of technology in everyday life and highlighted critical applications for assistive technologies. This comparative research study explores how assistive technologies, including socially assistive robots, can be adopted by long-term care homes to mitigate the lasting effects of the pandemic. In particular, we investigated the types of assistive technologies used by long-term care facilities to help with the care of older residents and for what tasks. Furthermore, we identified barriers to adoption and proposed policy measures that encourage technology adoption.
COVID-19 增加了人们在日常生活中对技术的使用，并突出了辅助技术的关键应用。本比较研究探讨了长期护理院如何采用辅助技术，包括社交辅助机器人，以减轻大流行的持久影响。特别是，我们研究了长期护理设施用于帮助照顾老年居民和完成哪些任务的辅助技术类型。此外，我们确定了采用的障碍，并提出了鼓励技术采用的政策措施。
