TY - JOUR

T1 - Home-based training technology for persons with dementia

T2 - a qualitative study of barriers and facilitators for mobility-based training at home

AU - Larsen, Eva Ladekjaer

AU - Waldorff, Frans Boch

AU - Hansen, Helle Ploug

AU - la Cour, Karen

PY - 2022

Y1 - 2022

N2 - Background Physical training is increasingly used in rehabilitation for older people with dementia and several studies have documented positive results. Currently, welfare nations promote motion-based technology (MBT) at home to replace group training in various rehabilitation interventions. Research on the use of MBT by people with dementia is sparse. Therefore, this study explores how people with mild dementia and their relatives experience home-based MBT training in an intervention facilitated by a Danish municipality. Methods The study is part of a feasibility study and builds on participant observation and interviews with people with dementia (n = 4), their relatives (n = 4), and health care workers (n = 3) engaged in the project. Results Participants compared MBT training to group training and found that MBT was not a satisfactory replacement for group training. Some participants used and enjoyed MBT daily while others were challenged by the technology, the placement of the device, or motivation to independently complete the training program. Conclusion MBT is possibly best considered as a supplement to group training, suitable for individuals able to use it in daily life.

AB - Background Physical training is increasingly used in rehabilitation for older people with dementia and several studies have documented positive results. Currently, welfare nations promote motion-based technology (MBT) at home to replace group training in various rehabilitation interventions. Research on the use of MBT by people with dementia is sparse. Therefore, this study explores how people with mild dementia and their relatives experience home-based MBT training in an intervention facilitated by a Danish municipality. Methods The study is part of a feasibility study and builds on participant observation and interviews with people with dementia (n = 4), their relatives (n = 4), and health care workers (n = 3) engaged in the project. Results Participants compared MBT training to group training and found that MBT was not a satisfactory replacement for group training. Some participants used and enjoyed MBT daily while others were challenged by the technology, the placement of the device, or motivation to independently complete the training program. Conclusion MBT is possibly best considered as a supplement to group training, suitable for individuals able to use it in daily life.

KW - Motion-based technology

KW - Dementia

KW - Qualitative studies

KW - Rehabilitation

KW - Physical training

KW - PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY

KW - EXERCISE

KW - INDIVIDUALS

KW - PEOPLE

KW - PERFORMANCE

KW - EXPERIENCES

KW - HEALTH

KW - CARE

U2 - 10.1186/s12877-022-03505-6

DO - 10.1186/s12877-022-03505-6

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 36241981

VL - 22

JO - B M C Geriatrics

JF - B M C Geriatrics

SN - 1471-2318

IS - 1

M1 - 800

ER -