Table 2.

The “Go-to” uses of mobile technology to support everyday communication in long-term care across the fourth quadrant of the 3 Go-Zone graphic displays (n=20).

Care cluster and statement number		High-priority statements
Care cluster 1: connect
	19	Use pictures on the iPad/tablet that are meaningful to the resident (eg, personal history, culture, generational) to stimulate conversation
Care cluster 2: manage
	4	Use apps that include a music option for its therapeutic benefits to residents
	6	Use music apps to help residents with their mood and/or emotion
	18	Use art therapy apps with residents who have limited mobility
	20	Use apps to ask information about residents’ needs and wants
	27	Use apps to ask the resident how they are feeling
	31	Use apps to keep an up-to-date record of a resident’s needs
	63	Use apps to assess if the resident is in pain
Care cluster 3: facilitate
	5	Use apps with pictures that residents can use to self-express with care staff
	25	Use translation apps to provide instructions on how to do a task so that residents can understand
	29	Use apps that include pictures, text, and speech to communicate with residents
	30	Use photos on the iPad/tablet to support communication with residents living with hearing loss
	48	Use apps with pictures to communicate with residents
	50	Use apps with pictures/text with residents who cannot speak but can point to what they want or need
Care cluster 4: provide
	14	Use apps with pictograms to help with directions given to residents
Care cluster 5: overcome
	11	Use translation apps with both text-to-text and text-to-speech functions to communicate with residents who do not speak English
	34	Use apps to translate what residents say in other languages into English (eg, speech-to-speech)
	46	Use apps with speech-to-speech translation function to “talk back” to residents in their language
	47	Use apps that can also translate what care staff say into the language that a resident can understand/speak
	66	Use translation apps to help residents who speak other languages to indicate their needs