e-Learning Tools for Informal Caregivers of Patients with Dementia—A Review Study

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5584-8_8" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5584-8_8</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5584-8_8" target="_blank" >10.1007/978-981-15-5584-8_8</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

e-Learning Tools for Informal Caregivers of Patients with Dementia—A Review Study

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Currently, due to the changing demographic trends, there is a growing number of older people suffering from aging diseases such as dementia. Dementia is a neurological disorder, which develops gradually, but progressively. Especially in the last stage of dementia, patients are fully dependent on caregiver’s help since they are not able to take care of themselves. The purpose of this article is to explore the use of e-learning as an informal caregiver’s tool for persons with dementia and discuss its benefits and limitations in order to improve the quality of life of caretakers of people with dementia. The methodology is based on a literature review of the research topic, i.e., the use of e-learning tools for informal caretakers of patients with dementia in the period of January 1, 2015 to June 30, 2019. The findings show that the informal caregivers in all identified articles were satisfied with the e-learning platform, program, or the course whose content tried to help them acquire more information and knowledge about the disease, as well as educate them how to cope with the perceived distress and enhance empathy for their patients. One of the main limitations of this review is a lack of studies found on the research topic. However, this fact has been confirmed by other research studies, which reveal that technologies evaluated for informal caregivers are rare. Therefore, more research should be done in this area.

Název v anglickém jazyce

e-Learning Tools for Informal Caregivers of Patients with Dementia—A Review Study

Popis výsledku anglicky

Currently, due to the changing demographic trends, there is a growing number of older people suffering from aging diseases such as dementia. Dementia is a neurological disorder, which develops gradually, but progressively. Especially in the last stage of dementia, patients are fully dependent on caregiver’s help since they are not able to take care of themselves. The purpose of this article is to explore the use of e-learning as an informal caregiver’s tool for persons with dementia and discuss its benefits and limitations in order to improve the quality of life of caretakers of people with dementia. The methodology is based on a literature review of the research topic, i.e., the use of e-learning tools for informal caretakers of patients with dementia in the period of January 1, 2015 to June 30, 2019. The findings show that the informal caregivers in all identified articles were satisfied with the e-learning platform, program, or the course whose content tried to help them acquire more information and knowledge about the disease, as well as educate them how to cope with the perceived distress and enhance empathy for their patients. One of the main limitations of this review is a lack of studies found on the research topic. However, this fact has been confirmed by other research studies, which reveal that technologies evaluated for informal caregivers are rare. Therefore, more research should be done in this area.

Druh

D - Stať ve sborníku

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50301 - Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]

Projekt

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Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2020

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název statě ve sborníku

Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies

ISBN

978-981-15-5583-1

ISSN

2190-3018

e-ISSN

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Počet stran výsledku

9

Strana od-do

91-99

Název nakladatele

Springer

Místo vydání

Singapore

Místo konání akce

Split, Chorvatsko

Datum konání akce

17. 6. 2020

Typ akce podle státní příslušnosti

WRD - Celosvětová akce

Kód UT WoS článku

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