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Abstract Anne Lounamaa, Kati Matikainen, Julia Kantorovitch (edit.). Teknologioiden mahdollisuudet iäkkäiden tapaturmien ehkäisyssä. [Technological possibilities of preventing injuries among elderly people]. National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL). Discussion paper 6/2013. 99 pages. Helsinki, Finland 2013. ISBN 978-952-245-770-7 (online publication) Accidents among the elderly people are becoming more common as demographics and lifestyles change. Also customers have increasingly high expectations of the safety of the services. The IKATek project is a study of the possibilities presented by technologies and products to improve safety and to prevent injuries among older adults. The project generated information about existing technologies, their applications, limitations and prerequisites as well as factors that promote their use. This publication examines ways to prevent falls among the elderly especially in home and home-like environments and care facilities. The IKATek project pooled together technological and public health specialists with expertise in injury prevention and promotion of functional capacity among the older adults. The goal was through collaboration between the two research groups from different backgrounds to analyze the current situation and to come up with new perspectives for the prevention of home and leisure time injuries with the help of technological innovations. Road traffic safety, for example, has long been improved with the help of technological innovations and product development. A similar systematic approach based on making use of technological innovations has not existed with regard to preventing home and leisure time injuries. The issue is an important one in countries with a high and growing standard of living where injuries among the elderly population – especially falls – are increasing. If the targets set for preventing injuries are not met, this trend will lead to lower functional capacity among the elderly, higher demand for care and treatment, and higher societal costs. In the longer term, Finland needs to study technologies that may support home and leisure time injury prevention from the perspective of business and injury prevention. The development of technologies that are important both from the perspective of public health and from the perspective of business must be promoted. The IKATek project aimed to identify areas that are believed to have business potential in the future and that have potential to increase the health and safety of the elderly cost-effectively. Factors that either hinder or promote the development of business related to injury prevention were also analyzed. In the future, it is important to increase networking among experts in the field, because a sophisticated and versatile network of experts will increase potential for the creation and distribution of Finnish innovations and products. Networking promotes research and business development in the field both nationally and internationally. Many factors affect the acceptance and adoption of technologies. Attitude towards technology is linked to earlier experiences and perceived benefit from technology as well as the willingness and ability of the target group to learn new skills. The attitudes of the elderly are also shaped by the attitudes of others, such as their children, grandchildren and nursing staff. The elderly people place a lot of importance on the kind of technology that increases their independence as well as physical and emotional welfare. Technology that limits their opportunities for social interaction does not appeal to elderly users. In order to maintain and improve the good physical health of the older adults, efforts must be made to reduce injuries and the risk factors associated with injuries. The risks of falls are well known, as are ways to prevent falls and resulting injuries. One big challenge is to integrate this information into the daily lives of the elderly, their families and professionals. The possibilities presented by technology in preventing injuries must be seen from a broad perspective. Monitoring technologies can be used to collect information about even the slightest changes in the physical activity or health of the elderly. Several technologies that have also proven effective in practice are available for rehabilitation and maintaining good health and functional capacity as well as for assessing the risk of falls. Online training and new interactive electronic systems should be used in in-service training and when distributing knowledge about injury prevention among the elderly people to the elderly themselves and their families. Information about injuries among the elderly and the development of risk factors as well as preventive work done so far needs to be communicated to the decision-makers. In order to allow for this THL — Työpaperi 6/2013 9 Teknologioiden mahdollisuudet iäkkäiden tapaturmien ehkäisyssä
intelligence to be used effectively, the information systems used for customer management, quality control and enterprise resource planning in services for the elderly need to be developed in a harmonised manner, interfaces need to be created between the systems, and data structures for preventing injuries need to be configured and standardised. Safety training needs to be incorporated into the training of all individuals involved in treating, rehabilitating and assisting elderly people. In the social welfare and health care sector, one of the challenges relating to safety management is to increase the skills of staff especially with regard to identifying risk factors for falls among the elderly. Suggestions of possibilities and actions to promote the adoption of technologies that increase safety as well as the most important conclusions of the IKATek project are discussed at the end of the publication. This publication is part of the Safety and Security Programme of Tekes and it was produced in collaboration with the National Institute for Health and Welfare and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. The objective of the publication is to present new perspectives for preventing injuries and especially falls among the elderly by means of technological solutions. The target audience comprises Finnish businesses, the public sector and research institutions. Keywords: technologies, the elderly, functional capacity of the elderly, injuries, accidents, prevention of injuries, falls, business THL — Työpaperi 6/2013 10 Teknologioiden mahdollisuudet iäkkäiden tapaturmien ehkäisyssä
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