Promoting Digital Inclusion for Enhanced Resident Wellbeing: An Examination of Aged Residential Care Facility Websites

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aut.relation.endpage35
aut.relation.issue1601
aut.relation.journalNew Zealand Medical Journal
aut.relation.startpage28
aut.relation.volume137
dc.contributor.authorWrapson, Wendy
dc.contributor.authorGasteiger, Chiara
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-03T22:31:01Z
dc.date.available2024-09-03T22:31:01Z
dc.date.issued2024-08-23
dc.description.abstractObjective: Little is known about the extent to which aged care operators in Aotearoa New Zealand support and promote residents’ use of digital technologies. The aim of the study was to undertake an assessment of aged residential care (ARC) facilities’ provision of digital technology devices/internet access and digital learning opportunities for residents and to determine any COVID-19 related impact. Methods: Information on technology and internet provision from 558 ARC facilities was extracted from facilities’ own or related websites in 2019, and repeated in 2021. ARC facilities were categorised according to whether they provided: (1) digital devices, (2) internet access, (3) internet-based leisure activities, or (4) made no reference to technology. Results: In 2019 (pre-COVID-19), 392 (70%) of the 558 ARC facilities included in the study publicised availability of internet-based technologies (primarily wifi) for resident use; however, only 46 (8%) mentioned providing access to computer devices. In 2021 (during the pandemic), there had been a small increase to 421 (76%) and 54 (10%) facilities respectively. The number of facilities providing internet-based leisure activities only was 63 (11%) in 2019 and 55 (10%) in 2021. Those not mentioning technology at all had reduced from 166 (30%) in 2019 to 137 (24%) in 2021. Conclusion: The findings suggest that ARC facilities could be more proactive in enabling residents to participate in the digital world. The periods of social isolation due to COVID-19 do not appear to have had a major impact on ARC facilities’ promotion of digital technology use by residents.
dc.identifier.citationNew Zealand Medical Journal, ISSN: 0028-8446 (Print); 1175-8716 (Online), New Zealand Medical Association, 137(1601), 28-35. doi: 10.26635/6965.6511
dc.identifier.doi10.26635/6965.6511
dc.identifier.issn0028-8446
dc.identifier.issn1175-8716
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10292/17962
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherNew Zealand Medical Association
dc.relation.urihttps://nzmj.org.nz/journal/vol-137-no-1601/promoting-digital-inclusion-for-enhanced-resident-wellbeing-an-examination-of-aged-residential-care-facility-websites
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dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccess
dc.subject4203 Health Services and Systems
dc.subject42 Health Sciences
dc.subjectEmerging Infectious Diseases
dc.subjectInfectious Diseases
dc.subjectCoronaviruses
dc.subjectAging
dc.subjectClinical Research
dc.subjectHealth Services
dc.subject3 Good Health and Well Being
dc.subject11 Medical and Health Sciences
dc.subjectGeneral & Internal Medicine
dc.subject32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
dc.subject42 Health sciences
dc.subject.meshHumans
dc.subject.meshCOVID-19
dc.subject.meshNew Zealand
dc.subject.meshAged
dc.subject.meshSARS-CoV-2
dc.subject.meshInternet
dc.subject.meshHomes for the Aged
dc.subject.meshPandemics
dc.subject.meshCoronavirus Infections
dc.subject.meshPneumonia, Viral
dc.subject.meshSocial Isolation
dc.subject.meshBetacoronavirus
dc.subject.meshLeisure Activities
dc.subject.meshHumans
dc.subject.meshPneumonia, Viral
dc.subject.meshCoronavirus Infections
dc.subject.meshSocial Isolation
dc.subject.meshLeisure Activities
dc.subject.meshInternet
dc.subject.meshAged
dc.subject.meshHomes for the Aged
dc.subject.meshNew Zealand
dc.subject.meshPandemics
dc.subject.meshBetacoronavirus
dc.subject.meshCOVID-19
dc.subject.meshSARS-CoV-2
dc.titlePromoting Digital Inclusion for Enhanced Resident Wellbeing: An Examination of Aged Residential Care Facility Websites
dc.typeJournal Article
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