title: Identifying participation needs of people with acquired brain injury in the development of a collective community smart home.
abstract: This study explored the personalized and collective participation needs of people with acquired brain injury (ABI) living in a future shared community smart home.
  
  
  
  An action research study was conducted with 16 persons, seven with ABI, four caregivers and five rehabilitation or smart home healthcare providers. Twelve interviews and two focus groups were conducted, audiotaped, transcribed and analyzed for content.
  
  
  
  Seventy personalized and 18 collective participation needs were reported related to daily and social activities. Personalized needs concerned interpersonal relationships, general organization of activities, leisure, housing, fitness and nutrition. Collective needs related mainly to housing, general organization of activities and nutrition.
  
  
  
  Personalized and collective participation needs of people with ABI planning to live in a community smart home are diverse and concern daily as well as social activities. Implications for Rehabilitation To meet participation needs of people with ABI, the design of smart homes must consider all categories of daily and social activities. Considering personalized and collective needs allowed identifying exclusive examples of each. As some persons with ABI had difficulty identifying their needs as well as accepting their limitations and the assistance required, rehabilitation professionals must be involved in needs identification.
authors.affiliation: a Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences , School of Rehabilitation, Université de Sherbrooke , Sherbrooke , Québec , Canada .|b Research Centre on Aging, Health and Social Services Centre, University Institute of Geriatrics of Sherbrooke , Sherbrooke , Québec , Canada .
authors.forename: Mélanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Levasseur
authors.affiliation: b Research Centre on Aging, Health and Social Services Centre, University Institute of Geriatrics of Sherbrooke , Sherbrooke , Québec , Canada .|c DOMUS Laboratory, Faculty of Science , Université de Sherbrooke , Sherbrooke , Québec , Canada .
authors.forename: Hélène
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pigot
authors.affiliation: d Centre for Research and Expertise in Social Gerontology (CREGÉS), CSSS-Cavendish , Côte St-Luc , Québec , Canada .
authors.forename: Mélanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Couture
authors.affiliation: e Research Centre, University Institute of Geriatrics of Montréal , Montréal , Québec , Canada .|f Faculty of Medicine , School of Rehabilitation, Université de Montréal , Montréal , Québec , Canada .
authors.forename: Nathalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bier
authors.affiliation: f Faculty of Medicine , School of Rehabilitation, Université de Montréal , Montréal , Québec , Canada .|g Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montréal, Lucie-Bruneau Rehabilitation Centre , Montréal , Québec , Canada , and.
authors.forename: Bonnie
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Swaine
authors.affiliation: d Centre for Research and Expertise in Social Gerontology (CREGÉS), CSSS-Cavendish , Côte St-Luc , Québec , Canada .|h Department of Occupational Therapy , Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières , Trois-Rivières , Québec , Canada.
authors.forename: Pierre-Yves
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Therriault
authors.affiliation: b Research Centre on Aging, Health and Social Services Centre, University Institute of Geriatrics of Sherbrooke , Sherbrooke , Québec , Canada .|c DOMUS Laboratory, Faculty of Science , Université de Sherbrooke , Sherbrooke , Québec , Canada .
authors.forename: Sylvain
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Giroux
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D017028:Caregivers; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D005260:Female; D016352:Group Homes; D006126:Group Processes; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018670:Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000379:methods*; D020380:Needs Assessment
keywords: Action research; cognitive assistance; community-based participatory research; controlled environment; nervous system diseases; participation needs; residence characteristics; smart home