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Healthcare and Rehabilitation of Older Adults: Second Edition
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Healthcare and Rehabilitation of Older Adults: Second Edition

A special issue of Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032). This special issue belongs to the section "Community Care".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 October 2022) | Viewed by 10873

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Daniela Figueiredo

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CINTESIS@RISE, Center for Health Technology and Services Research at the Associate Laboratory RISE—Health Research Network, School of Health Sciences, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
Interests: health psychology; psychosocial adjustment to chronic disease; adherence and behavior change; psychosocial interventions; ageing; family caregiving; respiratory diseases (COPD, Asthma); CKD (Chronic Kidney Disease); dementia; subjective health-related measures
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Dr. Oscar Ribeiro

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CINTESIS@RISE, Center for Health Technology and Services Research at the Associate Laboratory RISE—Health Research Network, Department of Education and Psychology, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
Interests: active aging; healthy aging; oldest-old; centenarians; longevity; mental health; dementia; informal care
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Demographic ageing is a worldwide phenomenon that places significant challenges to all societies. Although ageing is a highly individual and variable process, with many older adults ageing well and healthy in several life domains, many others are frail and vulnerable to complex chronic conditions that challenge the current approaches to care. There is a need to re-think healthcare, rehabilitation, and health promotion, with a focus on the development of integrated, comprehensive, and empowering interventions that are more closely oriented to the real needs and preferences of older persons and their caregivers.

The scope of this Issue is to disseminate research evidence on innovative approaches to health promotion and rehabilitation for older adults. Prevention and rehabilitation programmes might be at any level: person-centred, family-based, home-based, community-based, and multicentre levels. Interventions can target health literacy, psychosocial support, behavioural change, adherence, exercise training, nutrition, cognitive training, and self-management, among others. Population might be healthy older adults or older adults with chronic conditions. Research might be quantitative, qualitative, mixed methods or reviews that meet established review standards.

Dr. Daniela Figueiredo
Dr. Oscar Ribeiro
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • ageing well
  • healthcare
  • geriatric rehabilitation
  • adherence
  • self-management
  • empowering
  • integrated care
  • older adults
  • health literacy
  • quality of life
  • mental health

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User Interface (UI) Design and User Experience Questionnaire (UEQ) Evaluation of a To-Do List Mobile Application to Support Day-To-Day Life of Older Adults
by Di Zhu, Dahua Wang, Ruonan Huang, Yuchen Jing, Li Qiao and Wei Liu
Healthcare 2022, 10(10), 2068; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10102068 - 18 Oct 2022
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Because of the spread of smartphones, older adults enjoy the assistance of smartphones. However, fewer mobile applications are designed for older adults. Smartphone user interface (UI) serves as an external brain to capture information, and older adults may have memory complaints that affect [...] Read more.
Because of the spread of smartphones, older adults enjoy the assistance of smartphones. However, fewer mobile applications are designed for older adults. Smartphone user interface (UI) serves as an external brain to capture information, and older adults may have memory complaints that affect self-confidence and lead to memory decline. Non-declarative memory requires more effort. Therefore, this study aims to design and evaluate a to-do list application to help older adults encode, store, and retrieve non-declarative memory, such as tasks they plan to do. We recruited 15 participants (5 men and 10 women) aged 60 to 75 years old (SD = 5.32). They were asked to complete nine usability tasks, and to answer a user experience questionnaire (UEQ) and a few interview questions. Sixty percent of users completed with only one or two attempts (median = 2.80, SD = 1.63). We found three usability issues and proposed an iteration plan. The application has attractiveness, efficiency, dependability, stimulation, novelty, and good perspicuity for older adults. The product was rated excellent except for perspicuity, which met the users’ expectations. This indicates that the user is satisfied with the application prototype. The results of this measurement can be utilized as a benchmark for the next model for developing mobile to-do list applications on user experience. Full article
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Implementing Patient Falls Education in Hospitals: A Mixed-Methods Trial
by Hazel Heng, Debra Kiegaldie, Louise Shaw, Dana Jazayeri, Anne-Marie Hill and Meg E. Morris
Healthcare 2022, 10(7), 1298; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10071298 - 13 Jul 2022
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Patient education is key to preventing hospital falls yet is inconsistently implemented by health professionals. A mixed methods study was conducted involving a ward-based evaluation of patients receiving education from health professionals using a scripted conversation guide with a falls prevention brochure, followed [...] Read more.
Patient education is key to preventing hospital falls yet is inconsistently implemented by health professionals. A mixed methods study was conducted involving a ward-based evaluation of patients receiving education from health professionals using a scripted conversation guide with a falls prevention brochure, followed by semi-structured qualitative interviews with a purposive sample of health professionals involved in delivering the intervention. Over five weeks, 37 patients consented to surveys (intervention n = 27; control n = 10). The quantitative evaluation showed that falls prevention education was not systematically implemented in the trial ward. Seven individual interviews were conducted with health professionals to understand the reasons why implementation failed. Perceived barriers included time constraints, limited interprofessional collaboration, and a lack of staff input into designing the research project and patient interventions. Perceived enablers included support from senior staff, consistent reinforcement of falls education by health professionals, and fostering patient empowerment and engagement. Recommended strategies to enhance implementation included ensuring processes were in place supporting health professional accountability, the inclusion of stakeholder input in designing the falls intervention and implementation processes, as well as leadership engagement in falls prevention education. Although health professionals play a key role in delivering evidence-based falls prevention education in hospitals, implementation can be compromised by staff capacity, capability, and opportunities for co-design with patients and researchers. Organisational buy-in to practice change facilitates the implementation of evidence-based falls prevention activities. Full article
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