Educational Technologies Promote Treatment Adherence in Older People: A Scoping Review

Abstract Purpose of Review The expansion of access to digital educational technologies among older adults with chronic noncommunicable diseases provides opportunities for their integration into primary health care practice. Although evidence-based tools are essential for fostering self-care, clinicians must still identify where these tools fit into daily practice. This scoping review mapped educational health technologies designed to improve therapeutic adherence among older adults with chronic noncommunicable diseases in Primary Health Care and community settings, following the Joanna Briggs Institute guidelines. The search strategy covered the Nursing Database (BDENF), Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature (LILACS), Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Scopus, Web of Science, and MEDLINE from 2024 to December 2025. Recent Findings Technologies that support treatment adherence in older adults can improve care by optimizing clinical self-management and fostering health literacy. Self-management tools compensate for prospective memory deficits and manage complex chronic regimens through alarms, glycemic monitoring, and structured support, whereas health literacy tools reduce cognitive and communication barriers. By using audiovisual resources, universal symbols, and intuitive interfaces, these technologies clarify prescriptions, facilitate deprescribing, and strengthen patients’ active engagement in shared decision-making. Summary The technologies reviewed support cognitive and informational self-management, which may thereby strengthen medication adherence. By reducing the cognitive load of treatment management, these resources may foster autonomy among older adults and ease the difficulties of managing complex regimens.