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GERONTOLOGIST
卷 62, 期 7, 页码 1050-1062出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnab174
关键词
Assistive technologies; Care partners; Driving; Qualitative study; Semistructured interview
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资金
- AGE-WELL NCE Inc.
- Canada's Network of Technology and Aging
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) [PJT-189181]
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research [CAN 137794]
- George, Margaret and Gary Hunt Family Chair in Geriatric Medicine, University of Toronto
- Canada Research Chair (Tier 2)
- Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration and Aging
This study examined the views of 20 family care partners of people with dementia on the use of automated vehicles (AVs) by people with dementia. The results showed that care partners identified potential benefits of AV use, such as increased social participation, but also voiced concerns about the driving abilities and safety of AVs for people with dementia.
Background and Objectives Driving cessation is a complex challenge with significant emotional and health implications for people with dementia, which also affects their family care partners. Automated vehicles (AVs) could potentially be used to delay driving cessation and its adverse consequences for people with dementia and their care partners. Yet, no study to date has investigated whether care partners consider AVs to be potentially useful for people with dementia. Research Design and Methods This mixed-methods study assessed the views of 20 former or current family care partners of people with dementia on AV use by people with dementia. Specifically, questionnaires and semistructured interviews were used to examine care partners' acceptance of AV use by people with dementia and their views about the potential usefulness of AVs for people with dementia. Results The results demonstrated that care partners identified possible benefits of AV use by people with dementia such as their anticipated higher social participation. However, care partners also voiced major concerns around AV use by people with dementia and reported significantly lower levels of trust in and perceived safety of AVs if used by the person with dementia in their care compared to themselves. Care partners' concerns about AV use by people with dementia included concerns around the driving of people with dementia that AVs are not designed to address; concerns that are specific to AVs but are not relevant to the nonautomated driving of people with dementia; and concerns that arise from existing challenges around the nonautomated driving of people with dementia but may be exacerbated by AV use. Discussion and Implications Findings from this study can inform future designs of AVs that are more accessible and useful for people with dementia.
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