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. 2024 May 23:7:e56474.
doi: 10.2196/56474.

The Cooperation Between Nurses and a New Digital Colleague "AI-Driven Lifestyle Monitoring" in Long-Term Care for Older Adults: Viewpoint

Sjors Groeneveld  1   2   3 , Gaya Bin Noon  4 , Marjolein E M den Ouden  1   5 , Harmieke van Os-Medendorp  6   7 , J E W C van Gemert-Pijnen  8 , Rudolf M Verdaasdonk  3 , Plinio Pelegrini Morita  4   9   10   11   12
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The Cooperation Between Nurses and a New Digital Colleague "AI-Driven Lifestyle Monitoring" in Long-Term Care for Older Adults: Viewpoint

Sjors Groeneveld et al. JMIR Nurs. .

Abstract

Technology has a major impact on the way nurses work. Data-driven technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), have particularly strong potential to support nurses in their work. However, their use also introduces ambiguities. An example of such a technology is AI-driven lifestyle monitoring in long-term care for older adults, based on data collected from ambient sensors in an older adult's home. Designing and implementing this technology in such an intimate setting requires collaboration with nurses experienced in long-term and older adult care. This viewpoint paper emphasizes the need to incorporate nurses and the nursing perspective into every stage of designing, using, and implementing AI-driven lifestyle monitoring in long-term care settings. It is argued that the technology will not replace nurses, but rather act as a new digital colleague, complementing the humane qualities of nurses and seamlessly integrating into nursing workflows. Several advantages of such a collaboration between nurses and technology are highlighted, as are potential risks such as decreased patient empowerment, depersonalization, lack of transparency, and loss of human contact. Finally, practical suggestions are offered to move forward with integrating the digital colleague.

Keywords: aging; aging in place; algorithm; ambient assisted living; artificial intelligence; assisted living; data; digital health; geriatric; geriatrics; gerontology; health care professional; health care professionals; health monitoring; health professional; health professionals; health promotion; health technology; independent living; machine learning; nurse; nurses; older adults; smart home; smart homes.

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