Best Practice Guidance
Human Interaction with Technology in Dementia

Recommendations

3.3

Implementation of technology in dementia care: facilitators & barriers

Successful implementation of technology in dementia care depends not merely on its effectiveness but also on other facilitating or impeding factors related to e.g. the personal living environment (privacy, autonomy and obtrusiveness); the outside world (stigma and human contact); design (personalisability, affordability and safety), and ethics on these subjects.  This section provides recommendations on the implementation of technology in everyday life, for meaningful activities, healthcare technology and technology promoting Social Health.
3.3.3
Health care technologies
3.3.3.10

Ensure a clear distinction of roles and responsibilities for staff when implementing complex health technologies in institutional settings

Guidance

To improve the implementation of complex health technologies in institutional settings, it is important to ensure a clear distinction of roles and responsibilities for staff throughout the entire implementation process.

Explanation and Examples

To facilitate the implementation of complex health technologies in a, often complex, health care setting, a clear distinction of roles and responsibilities for staff is crucial. This clear distinction helps:

  1. the staff to know what is expected of them,
  2. co-workers to know what they can ask and expect of the staff involved in the implementation and
  3. management to determine how much time would be needed for the staff to implement the technology in an appropriate manner.

Themes

Target groups

Type of evidence

Annelien van Dael (INDUCT ESR 12)

Cluster RCT and process evaluation of cluster RCT

References

Pivodic, L.*, Wendrich-van Dael, A.*, Gilissen, J., Deliens, L., Vander Stichele, R., Gastmans, C. & Van den Block, L. Effectiveness of a complex advance care planning intervention in nursing homes: a cluster randomised controlled trial (submitted)

Wendrich-van Dael, A.E. (2021). Advance care planning, dementia and nursing homes. VUBPress. ISBN: 9789461171603