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“Sleeping Like a Log…”? Technology Supporting the Implementation of Person-Centered Care at Night

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Sleep is widely acknowledged to be vital to our well-being, yet its importance is often overlooked or taken for granted. However, it has been identified that older people living in long-term care facilities in the United Kingdom, Germany, and the United States experience poor sleep. However, the evidence-based development of technology has the potential to support the provision of person-centered care enabling residents to “sleep like a log” and experience restorative sleep, thus improving their ability to actively participate in everyday life. This chapter provides an insight into research that underpins the need for technology to support the provision of person-centered nighttime care. The issue of acceptance is related to research findings and four technological devices developed enabling older people to “sleep like a log” and supporting care staff are presented and discussed.

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Acknowledgment

The research undertaken to identify the determinants of poor sleep and to gain an understanding of the acceptance of technology formed part of the SomnIA project conducted in England which was supported by the New Dynamics of Ageing initiative, a multidisciplinary research program funded by AHRC, BBSRC, EPSRC, ESRC, and MRC (RES-339-25-0009). We would also like to thank all the older people and care home staff who participated in the research.

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  1. CRaNe (Care Research Network), Lohauser Str. 10, D-49453, Rehden, Germany

    Ingrid Eyers

  2. University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, UK

    Roger Orpwood

  3. University of Bath, Bath, UK

    Bruce Carey-Smith

  4. Bath Institute of Medical Engineering, Bath, UK

    Nina Evans

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  1. Fontys EGT – Centre for Healthcare and Technology, Fontys University of Applied Sciences, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    Joost van Hoof

  2. School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA

    George Demiris

  3. Institute of allied health professions, Fontys University of Applied Sciences, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    Eveline J.M. Wouters

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Eyers, I., Orpwood, R., Carey-Smith, B., Evans, N. (2017). “Sleeping Like a Log…”? Technology Supporting the Implementation of Person-Centered Care at Night. In: van Hoof, J., Demiris, G., Wouters, E. (eds) Handbook of Smart Homes, Health Care and Well-Being. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01583-5_62

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