Using GPS Technologies with People with Dementia
Abstract In Norway and other Nordic countries, there is a policy emphasis on using welfare technologies to support people to live at home. For example, Global Positioning Systems (GPS) or ‘location technologies’ are used to support people with dementia and their next of kin with wayfindi...
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In Norway and other Nordic countries, there is a policy emphasis
on using welfare technologies to support people to live at home.
For example, Global Positioning Systems (GPS) or ‘location technologies’
are used to support people with dementia and their next of kin with
wayfinding. However, the research evidence has not been synthesised,
and so the opportunities and challenges presented when using GPS
technologies are not clear. This synthesising review examined all
available empirical evidence on the use of GPS technologies by people
with dementia and their family carers, through a critical disability
lens – that is, in terms of protecting a person’s right to live
in the community and taking the standpoint of the person with dementia
(rather than that of a caregiver or health professional). Employing this
lens meant that we engaged with the literature in a more critical
way than in standard reviews, and consciously looked for evidence
of marginalisation. A search of six major English language databases
in 2016 identified 23 studies that met the inclusion criteria. Synthesis
of the findings led to the identification of three overarching themes:
using GPS to stay safe, taking control and the value of GPS data.
The review revealed a growing interest in the use of GPS technologies
by people with dementia, which indicates that policy implementation
is effective. Future work should take a disability-rights approach
and focus on the value of using GPS technologies from the perspective
of the person with dementia, as the opinions of this group are often
overlooked in discussions about welfare technologies. |
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| title | Using GPS Technologies with People with Dementia |
| title_full | Using GPS Technologies with People with Dementia |
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| title_sort | using gps technologies with people with dementia |
| topic | Dementia navigation GPS technologies telecare systematic review GPStechnologies |
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