Can Smart Home Technologies Help Older Adults Manage Their Chronic Condition? A Systematic Literature Review

Gabriella Facchinetti, Giorgia Petrucci, Beatrice Albanesi (), Maria Grazia De Marinis and Michela Piredda
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Gabriella Facchinetti: Research Unit of Nursing Science, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Campus Bio-Medico di Roma University, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 00128 Rome, Italy
Giorgia Petrucci: Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Campus Bio-Medico di Roma University, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 00128 Rome, Italy
Beatrice Albanesi: Department of Public Health and Pediatrics, University of Turin, Via Santena 5 bis, 10126 Turin, Italy
Maria Grazia De Marinis: Research Unit of Nursing Science, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Campus Bio-Medico di Roma University, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 00128 Rome, Italy
Michela Piredda: Research Unit of Nursing Science, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Campus Bio-Medico di Roma University, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 00128 Rome, Italy

IJERPH, 2023, vol. 20, issue 2, 1-15

Abstract: The management of chronic diseases requires personalized healthcare that allows older adults to manage their diseases at home. This systematic review aimed to describe the smart home technologies used in the management of chronic diseases in older people. A systematic literature review was conducted on four databases and was reported following the PRISMA statement. Nineteen articles were included. The intervention technologies were classified into three groups: smart home, characterized by environmental sensors detecting motion, contact, light, temperature, and humidity; external memory aids, characterized by a partnership between mobile apps and smart home-based activity learning; and hybrid technology, with the integration of multiple technologies, such as devices installed at patients’ homes and telemedicine. The health outcomes evaluated are vital signs, medication management, ADL-IADL, mobility, falls, and quality of life. Smart homes show great potential in the management of chronic diseases by favouring the control of exacerbations and increasing patients’ safety by providing support in disease management, including support for cognitively impaired older people. The use of smart homes in the community could bring numerous benefits in terms of continuity of care, allowing the constant monitoring of older people by local and hospital health services.

Keywords: older people; smart home; home automation; domotic; gerontechnology; ambient assisted living; ambient intelligence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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