Digitalizing Elderly Care in Switzerland: Opportunities and Challenges
This project aims to explore how elderly patients and health professionals in Switzerland regard the introduction of digital health technologies in elderly care. The project particularly focuses on the following applications: wearable devices, ambient-assisted living (AAL) technologies, and mHealth apps. The project further aims to anticipate and mitigate the impact of these technologies on the therapeutic alliance.
We expect two key outcomes from this project:
- A roadmap for responsibly introducing new digital health technologies in a manner that safeguards and benefits both patients and health professionals;
- A landmark for orienting the therapeutic alliance according to the needs and wishes of relevant stakeholders and in conformity with medical ethics as the field undergoes digital transformation.
Project Partners:
external pageUniversitätsspital Basel
external pageMedical College of Wisconsin
external pageUniversity of Basel
Funding Agency:
external pageKäthe-Zingg-Schwichtenberg-Fonds, Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences (SAMS)
Project Team:
Marcello Ienca
Sofia Daniolou
Ienca, M., Schneble, C., Kressig, R., & Wangmo, T. (2021). Digital Health Interventions for Healthy Aging: A Qualitative User Evaluation and Ethical Assessment. BMC Geriatrics. external pagehttps://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-121871/v1
Ienca, M., Shaw, D. M., & Elger, B. (2019). Cognitive enhancement for the ageing world: opportunities and challenges. Ageing and Society, 39(10), 2308-2321. external pageDOI:10.1017/S0144686X18000491
Wangmo, T., Lipps, M., Kressig, R.W., & Ienca, M. (2019). Ethical concerns with the use of intelligent assistive technology: findings from a qualitative study with professional stakeholders. BMC Medical Ethics, 20(1), 1-11. external pagehttps://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-019-0437-z
Ienca, M., Lipps, M., Wangmo, T., Jotterand, F., Elger, B., Kressig, R.W. (2018). Health professionals' and researchers' views on intelligent assistive technology for psychogeriatric care, in Gerontechnology, 17(3), 139-50. external pagehttps://doi.org/10.4017/gt.2018.17.3.002.00