title: Evaluation of treatment in the Smart Home IRIS in terms of functional independence and occupational performance and satisfaction.
abstract: The development of assistive technologies, home modifications, and smart homes has rapidly advanced in the last two decades. Health professionals have recognised the benefits of these technologies in improving individual's quality of life. The Smart Home IRIS was established in 2008 within the University Rehabilitation Institute in Ljubljana with the aim to enable persons with disabilities and elderly people to test various assistive technologies and technical solutions for their independent living. We investigated the effect of treatments in the Smart Home IRIS. A convenience sample of 59 persons with disabilities and elderly people (aged 24-81 years) who were treated in the Smart Home IRIS from April to December 2011 participated. Standardised instruments--the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM) and the Functional Independence Measure (FIM)--were administered at the first assessment in the Smart Home IRIS and at a second assessment at the participant's home after 6-12 months. All the outcomes statistically significantly improved from the first to the second assessment. The treatments in the Smart Home IRIS appeared to contribute to higher occupational performance and satisfaction with performance and higher functional independence of persons with disabilities and elderly people.
authors.affiliation: University Rehabilitation Institute, Republic of Slovenia, Linhartova 51, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
authors.forename: Julija
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ocepek
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health, Education and Society, University of Plymouth, SF18, Peninsula Allied Health Centre, College of St Mark & St John, Plymouth, Devon PL6 8BH, UK.
authors.forename: Anne E K
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.affiliation: University Rehabilitation Institute, Republic of Slovenia, Linhartova 51, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
authors.forename: Gaj
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vidmar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D004651:Employment; D005160:Facility Design and Construction; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D057187:Independent Living; D008875:Middle Aged; D018670:Monitoring, Ambulatory; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012046:Rehabilitation / Q000379:methods*; D012656:Self-Help Devices; D017524:Slovenia