Assistive technologies for aged care: Comparative literature survey on the effectiveness of theories for supportive and empowering technologies

Purpose One may categorize assistive technologies for aged care into two types, namely supportive (helping the elderly with their everyday activities) and empowering (obtaining physical or educational training to help seniors to maintain their capabilities). This paper looks at the impact of this perspective in the adoption of technologies that are used to aid already declined functions in comparison with technologies that are used to empower an elderly person’s capabilities. The article aims to extract the factors that influence adoption of assistive technologies among seniors and the theories used in this context. Design/methodology/approach A systematic literature review was conducted on relevant peer reviewed papers. A preliminary exploratory search was conducted to identify keywords and online databases for the search. A total 104 papers published since 2000 were analysed after title, abstract and full text filtering. Findings The study summarizes and categorizes the factors impacting the adoption of...

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