Assessing the Potential of Technology to Describe Resident and Staff Interactions in Assisted Living Facilities.

IF 1.1 4区医学 Q4 GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY

Journal of gerontological nursing Pub Date : 2024-07-01 DOI:10.3928/00989134-20240618-02

Carolyn Sun, Caitlin Burke

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Abstract

Purpose: Falls are a significant financial burden and health hazard for residents in assisted living facilities (ALFs). However, limited capacity to observe residents has hindered understanding of resident-staff interactions within rooms. The current study aimed to describe nurse-resident interactions using data from a remote technology combining computer vision and staff location tracking.

Method: Eighty-three staff working at an urban ALF with 215 residents were trained at the initiation of the study. Remote surveillance devices were installed in 32 residences and staff and resident interactions were tracked over 170 days.

Results: Staff visited residents an average of 20.7 times per day for short durations (mean = 1.08 minutes). Urgent alert response times averaged 3.0 minutes, with faster response times through the mobile application (mean = 2.7 minutes) compared to in-person (mean = 3.3 minutes) response.

Conclusion: By better understanding staff activity patterns in ALFs, this study has the potential to improve fall prevention and care for residents in ALFs. [Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 50(7), 7-11.].

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评估技术在描述生活辅助设施中居民与工作人员互动方面的潜力。

目的：对于生活辅助设施（ALF）中的住户来说，跌倒是一项重大的经济负担，也是对健康的危害。然而，由于对住户的观察能力有限，阻碍了对住户与工作人员在房间内互动的了解。本研究旨在利用计算机视觉和工作人员位置跟踪相结合的远程技术提供的数据，描述护士与住户之间的互动：方法：在研究开始时，对在一个拥有 215 名住院者的城市 ALF 工作的 83 名员工进行了培训。在 32 个住户中安装了远程监控设备，并在 170 天内追踪了员工与住户之间的互动情况：工作人员平均每天探访住户 20.7 次，探访时间较短（平均 = 1.08 分钟）。紧急警报响应时间平均为 3.0 分钟，通过移动应用程序响应的时间（平均 = 2.7 分钟）比亲自响应的时间（平均 = 3.3 分钟）更快：通过更好地了解 ALF 中工作人员的活动模式，这项研究有望改善 ALF 中居民的跌倒预防和护理。[老年护理学杂志》，50（7），7-11]。

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Journal of gerontological nursing 医学-护理

CiteScore

2.00

自引率

7.70%

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审稿时长

6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： The Journal of Gerontological Nursing is a monthly, peer-reviewed journal publishing clinically relevant original articles on the practice of gerontological nursing across the continuum of care in a variety of health care settings, for more than 40 years.