How new technologies support carers of older people: the Eurocarers' InformCare platformShow others and affiliations
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.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Oxford University Press, 2017. Vol. 1, no Supplement 1
National Category
Nursing
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-169046DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igx004.4775OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-169046DiVA, id: diva2:1464446
Conference
International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (IAGG) World Congress, San Francisco (United States of America)
2020-09-072020-09-072021-04-16Bibliographically approved