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Table 2 Technology pilots and deployments in the national KATI programme during 2021–22

From: How to adopt technologies in home care: a mixed methods study on user experiences and change of home care in Finland

Length of use

Training time per -older people -professionals

Number of potential users among -older people -professionals

Number of older people in technology pilots

A) Remote health measurement technologies: 10 pilots in four projects

 ~ 10 months

~ 40 min

~ 13%

~ 570

~ 4 h

~ 78%

B) Monitoring technologies: 6 pilots in four projects

 ~ 6 months

~ 1 h

~ 70%

~ 80

~ 4.5 h

~ 79%

C) Technologies installed in the apartment: 6 pilots in five projects

 ~ 9 months

~ 1 h

~ 20%

~ 140

~ 2 h

~ 54%

D) Safety-increasing solutions: 19 pilots in five projects

 ~ 7 months

~ 2 h

~ 13%

~ 750

~ 2 h

~ 84%

E) Solutions supporting social activity: 11 pilots in five projects

 ~ 11 months

~ 1.5 h

~ 53%

~ 190

~ 2 h

~ 54%

F) Solutions supporting rehabilitation: 3 pilots in two projects

 ~ 7 months

~ 0.5 h

~ 70%

~ 30

~ 1 h

~ 100%

G) Technologies for care professionals: 20 pilots in six projects

 ~ 10 months

~ 1 h

~ 25%

 ~ 1200

~ 3.5 h

~ 75%

H) IoT and integration platforms: 5 pilots in three projects

 ~ 11 months

N/A

~ 100%

N/A

~ 8 h

~ 72%