Volume : VIII, Issue : II, February - 2018

Preparing aged population for new technology as assistive device in daily activities and social safety in Indian community based setting.

Dr. Deepa Pradhan

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Technology is playing an increasing role globally in the lines of older adults. (1.)The evolution of the new technology is very fast over the last few years and it is going to grow faster every day with the new government policy in India. With the help of new technology, new aids are available to make the ADL of geriatric population independent and socially active.(2) However, experiencing difficulty to understand the new gadgets, handling difficulty makes rejection more than acceptance and use them. The older adult’s technology adoption is influenced by multitude of economic, practical, and psychosocial factors. These include cost, limited knowledge of the types of assistive technology available and how to use them.( 3) After  short training sessions and independent practice sessions, the follow up was taken to judge the simplified solutions of the daily life problems and acceptance of the new technology as assistive device rather than rejection and increase in dependency in daily activities.

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Dr. Deepa Pradhan, Preparing aged population for new technology as assistive device in daily activities and social safety in Indian community based setting., INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-2 | February-2018

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