Designing Training and Instructional Programs for Older Adults

6 Designing training and instructional programs for older adults

and are expected to perform a range of healthcare tasks and interact with

a vast array of medical devices and technologies within their home and

community settings. This implies a great deal of learning on the part of

the patient and family caregivers.

As noted, part of this change in healthcare delivery is a focus on tech-

nology. Technology applications are commonly used within home set-

tings to monitor a patient’s physical, emotional, or cognitive functioning.

With the rapid introduction of electronic medical records (EMRs), many

of which have patient portals, consumers also have access to varying

degrees of their medical information and are able to perform ...