Lauren Denusik, Danielle Glista, Michelle Servais, Jodi Friesen, Janis Oram, Barbara Jane Cunningham
"We were the best people to do the job": Caregivers' reported outcomes of a virtual caregiver-delivered program for autistic preschoolers
Autism & developmental language impairments
growing interest support homebased dementia care via contactless monitoring cm technologies require body contact allow informal caregivers remotely monitor health safety people dementia pwd however sustainable implementation cm technologies requires better understanding informal caregivers acceptance study aimed examine 1 general acceptance cm technology homebased dementia care 2 acceptance different sensor types use scenarios 3 differences accepters refusers cm technology crosssectional online survey conducted among n 304 informal caregivers communitydwelling pwd meansd age 585 107 netherlands germany survey contained textual graphical introduction cm technologies well questions targeting 1 general acceptance cm technology 2 acceptance seven different contactless sensor types 3 acceptance five different use scenarios 4 caregivers care recipients personal characteristics data examined using descriptive bivariate analyses participants general acceptance cm technology slightly positive found significant differences acceptability contactless sensor types p 001 rfbased sensors eg radar light sensors considered acceptable whereas camerabased sensors audio sensors eg microphones smart speakers seen least acceptable homebased dementia care furthermore participants acceptance different use scenarios cm technology varied significantly p 001 intention use cm technology highest detecting emergencies eg falls wandering lowest predicting acute situations eg fall prediction lastly accepters refusers cm technology significantly differed regarding gender p 010 relation pwd p 003 ehealth literacy p 025 personal innovativeness p 001 usage safety technology p 002 pwds type cognitive impairment p 035 housing situation p 023 findings inform development implementation acceptable cm technology support homebased dementia care specifically show sensor types use scenarios prioritized informal caregivers view additionally study highlights several personal characteristics associated informal caregivers acceptance cm technology taken account implementation