The world's population is ageing from year to year, the share of people over 65 is expected to double by year 2050. Older people want to stay in their home and familiar environment for as long as possible and so-called assistive technologies can enable them to do so. They have many advantages and benefits for both elderly and their informal caregivers. The aim of the diploma thesis is to investigate how the geographical distance between an informal caregiver and an elderly pearson is defined and what are the factors in the acceptance and rejection of assitive technologies by informal caregivers. A scoping study was done, where peer-reviewed papers, written in English were included. Search strings that concerned telecare, informal caregivers, the elderly and factors in the acceptance of assistive technologies were used. According to criteria 19 papers were included in the analysis. Four topics were identified (who are distant caregivers, factors of acceptance of assistive technologies, factors of rejection of assistive technologies and effects of the use of assistive technologies). We found that distant care includes two dimensions: temporal and geographical. We identified some important factors in the acceptance and rejection of assistive technologies by informal caregivers, however, due to the lack of relevant research, there is insufficient information to conclude the importance of geographical distance in the acceptance / rejection of assistive technologies by informal caregivers.
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