Carers using assistive technology in dementia care at home: a mixed methods study

Sriram, Vimal; Jenkinson, Crispin; Peters, Michele

doi:10.1186/s12877-022-03167-4

BMC Geriatrics

Table 3 Characteristics of interview participants

From: Carers using assistive technology in dementia care at home: a mixed methods study

ID	Age Range	Gender	Relationship	Ethnicity	Living arrangements	Assistive Technology used	PCS Score	MCS Score	Type of dementia	Years/months since diagnosis
1	71–80	Female	Wife	White	Living with person with dementia	Laptop; cooker alarm; smart phone; stove timer	23.11	52.03	Vascular dementia	Two years
2	51–60	Male	Son	White	Weekly visits	Audio books; automatic night lamp; dementia clock; GPS tracker; large button telephone; object locator; pendant alarm; picture button telephone; smart phone; web camera	57.23	55.92	Alzheimer’s dementia	Eighteen months
3	71–80	Female	Wife	White	Living with person with dementia	Audio books; laptop; dementia clock; falls alarm; GPS tracker; pendant alarm; tablet computer; Alexa; web camera	54.37	42.29	Alzheimer’s dementia	Three years
4	51–60	Female	Daughter	White	Living with person with dementia	Automatic night lamp; laptop; smart gas meter; smart lights; tablet computer; web camera	38.48	22.51	Unsure	Ten years
5	71–80	Female	Wife	White	Living with person with dementia	Electronic reminders; large button telephone; smart phone; tablet computer; video communication	39.90	35.17	Alzheimer’s dementia	Four years
6	61–70	Female	Daughter	White	Living with person with dementia	Falls alarm; CCTV; GPS tracker; door alarm; memory clock; movement sensor; picture button telephone; web camera	57.12	26.40	Mixed dementia	Eight years
7	81–90	Male	Husband	White	Living with person with dementia	Laptop; dementia clock; community alarm; smartphone; video communications	52.83	47.95	Alzheimer’s dementia	Three years, six months
8	61–70	Female	Daughter	White	Living with person with dementia	Laptop; memory clock; tablet computer; video communications	55.91	55.86	Mixed dementia	One year
9	61–70	Female	Wife	White	Living with person with dementia	Automatic night lamp; baby monitor; laptop; cooker alarm; dementia clock; smart phone; stove timer; video communications; web camera; satnav in car	53.95	47.56	Mixed dementia	Six years
10	61–70	Female	Daughter	White	Daily visits	Electric bed; dementia clock; falls alarm; GPS tracker; Large button telephone; simple radio	62.47	28.33	Alzheimer’s dementia	Four years
11	61–70	Female	Wife	White	Living with person with dementia	Electric bed; memory clock; pendant alarm	34.54	47.69	Vascular dementia	Three years
12	61–70	Female	Daughter	White	Visits every three weeks	Electric bed; stand aid	50.91	50.12	Unsure	Four years
13	71–80	Male	Husband	White	Living with person with dementia	Baby monitor; laptop; electric bed; smart gas meter; smart phone; video comms; Hoist; Wheelchair; WAV vehicle	55.50	57.82	Fronto-temporal dementia	Eleven years
14	61–70	Female	Daughter	White	Daily visits	Laptop; dementia clock; GPS tracker; large button telephone; memory clock; pendant alarm; smart gas meter; smart phone; smart watch; video communications	57.99	43.30	Alzheimer’s dementia	Seven years
15	51–60	Non-binary	Friend	Other	Daily visits	Laptop; electronic reminders; large button telephone; video communications; web camera	56.44	49.98	Parkinson’s Dementia	One year, three months
16	61–70	Female	Wife	White	Living with person with dementia	Assistive robot; automatic night lamp; laptop; electronic reminders; GPS tracker; smart phone; tablet computer; video communications; Alexa	24.31	35.38	Alzheimer’s dementia	Four years
17	71–80	Female	Wife	White	Living with person with dementia	Laptop; cooker alarm; falls alarm; pendant alarm; smart gas meter; smart phone; smart plugs; stove timer; tablet computer; video communications; Alexa; web camera	33.30	27.00	Vascular dementia	Twelve years
18	71–80	Female	Wife	White	Living with person with dementia	Pendant alarm	44.47	38.91	Lewy body dementia	Seven years
19	51–60	Female	Daughter	White	Living with person with dementia	Audio book; laptop; dementia clock; GPS tracker; object locator; smart gas meter; smart phone; tablet computer	62.85	26.05	Alzheimer’s dementia	Two years
20	71–80	Male	Husband + Son-in-law	White	Living with person with dementia (wife). Mother-in-law recently moved to nursing home	Cooker alarm; dementia clock; GPS tracker; smart gas meter; smart lights; smartphone; tablet computer; video communications; ELK lifting cushion	51.21	33.58	Behaviour variant fronto-temporal dementia (wife) + Vascular dementia (mother-in-law)	Four years (wife) Unsure (mother-in-law)
21	51–60	Female	Daughter + stepdaughter	White	Weekly visits (mother recently moved to nursing home)	Falls alarm; Large button phone; memory clock; pendant alarm; picture button telephone; Video communications	60.39	27.12	Alzheimer’s dementia (mother) + Vascular dementia (stepdad)	Five years
22	51–60	Female	Daughter	White	Daily visits	Dementia clock; door alarm; tracking device; GPS tracker; memory clock; smart phone	49.85	43.63	Alzheimer’s dementia	Four years, six months
23	51–60	Female	Daughter	White	Daily visits	Electric bed; smart lights; tablet comp; video communications; Alexa; movement detector	50.88	17.41	Mixed dementia	Two years

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