[Security and user acceptance of an intelligent home emergency call system for older people living at home with limited daily living skills and receiving home care].

Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie
Albert LukasIngo Meyer

Abstract

Technically based support measures are becoming increasingly more important in an aging society. Such support measures can provide a self-determined life in familiar surroundings despite the need for care. An example for such a support measure is an intelligent home emergency call system (iHNR system), which automatically detects critical situations (e.g. falling down), transmits this information to an emergency call center and therefore initiates assistance faster. The aim of this uncontrolled, two center observational study was to evaluate the security and acceptance of an iHNR system used by older people receiving home care. The study was carried out based on 51 subjects with at least a 6-month observation period using the iHNR system. The iHNR system was installed in all homes of the participants. Interviews about acceptance, perceived and objective security, impact on independence and usability of the new iHNR system were conducted. Analysis was performed with particular respect to depression, quality of life, frailty and self-estimated need for assistance. A total of 39 complete records were collected and evaluated. The participants represented a vulnerable group of people with rather depressive moods, negative quality of...Continue Reading

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