[HTML][HTML] Activity monitors as support for older persons' physical activity in daily life: qualitative study of the users' experiences

M Ehn, LC Eriksson, N Åkerberg… - JMIR mHealth and …, 2018 - mhealth.jmir.org
… To be useful, the devices must be easy to handle. In this study, the users perceived wearables
… Users reported in the diaries that the devices had been functional 78%(58/74) of the total …

The use of mobile devices for physical activity tracking in older adults' everyday life

A Seifert, A Schlomann, C Rietz… - Digital health, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
… At the same time, our data revealed that when older individuals use mobile devices or
applications for physical activity tracking, many of them use it every day. Along with their strong …

Use of assistive devices–a reality full of contradictions in elderly persons' everyday life

G Häggblom-Kronlöf, U Sonn - Disability and Rehabilitation …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
… use and experience of using assistive devices showed that very old persons' perspectives on
… For example, mobility devices could help a person to move around more steadily and safely…

A cross-sectional study examining multiple mobility device use and fall status among middle-aged and older adults with multiple sclerosis

ML Finlayson, EW Peterson… - Disability and …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
mobility device use in a sample of middle aged and older adults with MS. Findings indicated
that 58.6% (n = 207/353) of the participants reported the use of at least two mobility devices. …

[HTML][HTML] Promoting mobility in older people

T Rantanen - Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… In the early stages of functional decline prior to the onset of task difficulty, older persons may
be … Need for assistive walking devices makes people especially vulnerable to environmental …

A unified framework for the measurement of mobility in older persons

MK Beauchamp, Q Hao, A Kuspinar… - Age and …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
… or mobility device can impact one’s ability to be mobile). Our framework is based on an
individual perspective that may not apply to studies with organisational perspectives. It also does …

Very old Swedish women's experiences of mobility devices in everyday occupation: a longitudinal case study

C Löfqvist, C Nygren, Å Brandt… - Scandinavian Journal of …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
… Elise felt that it was much easier to go to a center for older persons than to a more public
club or event, being confident about getting a helping hand there if needed, and meeting others …

Barriers to mobility during hospitalization from the perspectives of older patients and their nurses and physicians

CJ Brown, BR Williams, LL Woodby… - Journal of Hospital …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
… of a patient's medical devices on the nurse's ability to … mobility of hospitalized older persons10
and identified several targets for a multicomponent intervention to minimize low mobility. …

Innovations in Geroscience to enhance mobility in older adults

SD Anton, Y Cruz-Almeida, A Singh, J Alpert… - Experimental …, 2020 - Elsevier
… organs, as well as the environment in which a person lives, can have a dramatic effect on
an older person's mobility and function. For these reasons, behavioral interventions that …

Factors predicting assistive device use in the home by older people following rehabilitation

LN Gitlin, RL Schemm, L Landsberg… - Journal of Aging and …, 1996 - journals.sagepub.com
older rehabilitation patients to accept and use a device in … Although age has not been
found to be a factor in device use … the present group of older persons may not feel comfortable …