Using active information and communication technology for elderly homecare services: A scoping review

Nowadays, as life expectancy grows, the healthcare industry faces growing challenges related to corresponding increases in chronic diseases. Home care services (HCS) are the solution to this growing problem. It's a general premise that information and communication technology (ICT) can address...

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Published in:Home Health Care Services Quarterly 2021, Vol.40 (1), p.93-104
Main Authors: Chelongar, Kioumars, Ajami, Sima
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Chronic illnesses
Communication
elderly
electronic medical records
Health administration
Health care industry
Health problems
Health services
Home health care
Home healthcare
information and communication technology
Information technology
Life expectancy
Medical technology
Occupational roles
Older people
telemedicine
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Summary:Nowadays, as life expectancy grows, the healthcare industry faces growing challenges related to corresponding increases in chronic diseases. Home care services (HCS) are the solution to this growing problem. It's a general premise that information and communication technology (ICT) can address these health issues and enhances HCS. The scope of our study was the active managerial and supervisory roles of these technologies within HCS. The study aimed to extract, accumulate, and classify the challenges of using active ICT for elderly HCS. We employed the keywords, their synonyms, and their combinations into the searching areas of title, keywords, and abstract. More than 300 resources were collected, and found those 33 articles of those 33 articles were eligible for our study. Later, a team of experts provided their opinions on our gatherings, which were collected individually. According to the expert team's opinions, researchers classified challenges into; technology, human factors, and management.
ISSN:0162-1424
1545-0856
DOI:10.1080/01621424.2020.1826381