New healthcare technologies to support home care of older people.

Pais, Bruno; Buluschek, Philipp; Nef, Tobias; Schütz, Narayan; Saner, Hugo; Gatica, Daniel; Santschi, Valérie (14 August 2019). New healthcare technologies to support home care of older people. Revue médicale suisse, 15(658), pp. 1407-1411. Médecine & Hygiène

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The ageing of the Swiss population is increasing the healthcare needs and costs. Both frailty and chronic diseases affecting older people reduce their ability to live independently. However, the vast majority of older people want to continue living at home, while having a quality of life and receiving the best healthcare services. In this context, new connected healthcare technologies can be a relevant solution to facilitate home care of older people. In this article, we present the issues related to these technologies and, more particularly, to what extent they could contribute to home care of older people and be a benefit for patients and family caregivers, but also for physicians and other healthcare professionals. Finally, the fears and risks associated with these technologies, and the importance of scientifically assessing their usefulness are discussed.

Item Type:	Newspaper or Magazine Article
Division/Institute:	10 Strategic Research Centers > ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research 10 Strategic Research Centers > ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research > ARTORG Center - Gerontechnology and Rehabilitation
Graduate School:	Graduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences (GCB)
UniBE Contributor:	Nef, Tobias, Schütz, Narayan, Saner, Hugo Ernst
Subjects:	500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology 600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health
ISSN:	0025-6749
Publisher:	Médecine & Hygiène
Language:	French
Submitter:	Angela Amira Botros
Date Deposited:	28 Jan 2020 13:34
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2022 15:35
PubMed ID:	31411832
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/137952