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How new technologies support carers of older people: the Eurocarers' InformCare platform
Centre for Socio-Economic Research on Ageing, INRCA - National Institute of Health and Science on Ageing, Italy.
Centre for Socio-Economic Research on Ageing, INRCA - National Institute of Health and Science on Ageing, Italy.
Swedish Family Care Competence Centre, Sweden.
wir pflegen, Hamburg, Germany.
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2017 (English)In: Innovation in Aging, E-ISSN 2399-5300, Vol. 1, no Supplement 1Article in journal, Meeting abstract (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This presentation discusses how new technologies support family carers of older people with reference to the Eurocarers’ hub ‘InformCare’, the web-platform of support services for carers of older people co-funded by the European Union within the INNOVAGE project. After highlighting the status of technology-based services for carers in Europe, the main features of InformCare will be demonstrated. Tested in three European countries (Germany, Italy and Sweden), this tool provides a standardised, integrated, multilingual and culturally adapted set of on-line information and interactive services addressing carers’ needs and preferences which are available for the first time in 27 Member States. The implementation followed a pilot test with 117 carers, showing improvements in carers’ self-awareness and empowerment over a 3 month period. However, to ensure optimal benefit from InformCare, appropriate training and promotion campaigns are needed in order to overcome low digital literacy skills and lack of self-recognition characterising many carers.

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Oxford University Press, 2017. Vol. 1, no Supplement 1
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Nursing
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URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-169046DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igx004.4775OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-169046DiVA, id: diva2:1464446
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International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (IAGG) World Congress, San Francisco (United States of America)
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