Digital technology and caregiver training for older persons: Cognitive and affective perspectives |
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| Authors: | Robert Zheng Bret L Hicken Robert D Hill Marilyn Luptak Candice M Daniel Marren Grant |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Educational Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USArobert.zheng@utah.edu;3. Department of Educational Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA;4. VA Salt Lake City Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA;5. School of Social Work, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA;6. VA Salt Lake City Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACTThis research project included two studies that investigated (a) differences between technology use in tech-knowledgeable and less tech-knowledgeable older persons, (b) cognitive and affective variables and their association with the application of technology, and (c) the implications of these variables on the design of remote-delivered caregiver education. Study 1 findings suggested that high technology (e.g., Internet delivered education) reduced stress among the tech-knowledgeable group. In Study 2, which focused on the less tech-knowledgeable group, neither high technology (e.g., telehealth-delivered education) nor low technology (e.g., phone-delivered education) was associated with the cognitive and affective measures used in the study. Implications in the training of older caregivers with digital technology are discussed for negotiating the affective and cognitive features in remote delivered caregiver eduational protocols. |
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