{"pk":13671,"title":"15 Smartphone Apps for Older Adults to Use While in Isolation During the COVID-19 Pandemic","subtitle":null,"abstract":"The maintenance of well-being, healthcare, and social connection is crucial for older adults (OA) and has become a topic of debate as much of the world faces lockdown during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. OAs have been advised to isolate themselves because they are at higher risk for developing serious complications from severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. Additionally, nursing homes and assisted-living facilities across the country have closed their doors to visitors to protect their residents. Mobile technology (MT) such as applications (apps) could provide a valuable tool to help families stay connected, and to help OAs maintain mobility and link them to resources that encourage physical and mental well-being. Apps could address cognitive, visual, and hearing impairments. Our objective was to narratively summarize 15 apps that address physical and cognitive limitations and have the potential to improve OAs’ quality of life, especially during social distancing or self-quarantine.","language":"en","license":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0","short_name":"CC BY 4.0","text":"Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"},"keywords":[{"word":"Mobile Application"},{"word":"aged"},{"word":"Telemedicine"},{"word":"information technology"},{"word":"Gerontechnology"},{"word":"COVID-19"},{"word":"Social Distancing"},{"word":"Self-Quarantine"},{"word":"Vulnerable Population"}],"section":"Endemic Infections","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/75r2d6qb","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Swechya","middle_name":"","last_name":"Banskota","name_suffix":"","institution":"The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Margaret","middle_name":"","last_name":"Healy","name_suffix":"","institution":"Johnson & Wales University, Providence, Rhode Island","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Elizabeth","middle_name":"M.","last_name":"Goldberg","name_suffix":"","institution":"The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Department of Emergency Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island\nBrown University School of Public Health, Department of Health Services, Practice and Policy, Providence, Rhode Island","department":"None"}],"date_submitted":"2020-03-23T21:25:19Z","date_accepted":"2020-03-23T21:25:19Z","date_published":"2020-04-14T20:39:14Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/westjem/article/13671/galley/7137/download/"}]}