Symposium

Smart-home Technologies for Patient and Caregiver Use at Home After Discharge from Inpatient Rehabilitation 1598

Presenter(s)

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  Jovita Guzman

  Rehabilitation Services Supervisor, Occupational Therapy
  Kaiser Foundation Rehabilitation Center, Kaiser Permanente Northern California
  Vallejo, CA, United States
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  Eileen M. Garcia, OTR/L PAMs

  Occupational Therapy Clinical Specialist
  Kaiser Foundation Rehabilitation Center, Kaiser Permanente Northern California
  Vallejo, CA, United States
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  Linda S.Y. Park, BSN, RN, CRRN

  Clinical Practice Consultant, Hospital Administration
  Kaiser Foundation Rehabilitation Center, Kaiser Permanente Northern California
  Pinole, CA, United States
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  Michelle Camicia, PhD MSN CRRN CCM NEA-BC FAHA FARN FAAN

  Director
  Kaiser Foundation Rehabilitation Center, Kaiser Permanente Northern California
  Novato, California, United States

Non-Presenting Contributor(s)

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  Cristine Ray (she/her/hers)

  Consultant, Hospital Administration
  Kaiser Foundation Rehabilitation Center, Kaiser Permanente Northern California
  Vallejo, CA, United States

Corresponding Presenter(s)

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  Brian R. Theodore, PhD

  Research Scientist II
  Kaiser Foundation Rehabilitation Center, Kaiser Permanente Northern California
  Brentwood, CA, United States

The Kaiser Foundation Rehabilitation Center conducted a feasibility study on the use of smart home technologies as part of discharge planning for patients admitted for inpatient rehabilitation. This includes an end-to-end solution that encompasses orientation of the patient and their caregivers to smart home solutions that can automate routine tasks at home, equipping them with a core set of inexpensive commercially available smart home devices, and assessing their ratings of usability of these smart home devices as part of their transition back home following discharge. Implications of the benefit of such a program are discussed from the context of patients, their caregivers, and the hospital system. Finally, recommendations for adopting and implementing such a program are discussed.

Learning Objectives:

• Recognize the opportunities that commercially available smart home devices offer to enhance the quality of life for patients and caregivers following discharge from inpatient rehabilitation.
• Be able to describe and conduct a usability study to evaluate smart home technology solutions within your own clinical setting or rehabilitation facility.
• Learn strategies to implement a program utilizing smart home devices to help patients and their families transition home following discharge from inpatient rehabilitation.
• Recognize the opportunities that commercially available smart home devices offer to enhance the quality of life for patients and caregivers following discharge from inpatient rehabilitation.