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CLINICAL GERONTOLOGIST
卷 45, 期 1, 页码 159-171出版社
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/07317115.2021.1943589
关键词
Aging; older adults; social isolation; COVID-19; pandemic; technology
资金
- Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation under a Research Connections: COVID-19 Rapid Response Grant
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research COVID-19 Mental Health & Substance Use Service Needs and Delivery Grant
- Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA)
- Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation
- Centre for Aging and Brain Health
- Alzheimer Society of Canada (ASC)
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Remote training conducted via telephone using cognitive rehabilitation principles can help older adults use new technology and maintain community connections. The main facilitators are technology training and exposure, while fear of technology is the main barrier.
We describe the evaluation of remote training, an innovative use of technology to maintain older adults' virtual connection with their community and socialization, which were disrupted by the pandemic. Remote training was conducted via telephone using principles of cognitive rehabilitation and delivered by trained clinicians. We thematically analyzed trainer reflection notes and interviews with older adult participants. The main facilitators were technology training with exposure, and the main barrier was fear of technology. We describe how telephone-based training grounded in principles of cognitive rehabilitation can be used to remotely train older adults to use new technology and to help them maintain their community-based connections and engage in socialization. Fear of technology during the pandemic can cause significant impairment in social functioning for older adults, at least when the only method for socialization is technology mediated such as during the COVID-19 pandemic. Empathically delivered remote training in an understanding manner can reduce fear and increase social and community connections in the era of physical distancing.
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