Perceptions, Preferences, and Acceptance of Information and Communication Technologies in Older-Adult Community Care Settings in Ireland: A Case-Study and Ranked-Care Program Analysis

Elderlys' Perception about The Value of Assistive Technologies for their Daily Living: Impacting Factors and Theoretical Support

“…Perceived needs define the seniors' belief that they would require the assistance of a technological intervention now or in the future. Through multiple case studies in aged care settings in Ireland, it was found that the elderly who believe that they need ICT services for better care, are willing to adopt these services [36]. Perceived learning benefits refer to the perception of seniors about the benefits that they receive through the efforts they make to learn a new technology.…”

A Review of Contemporary Work on the Ethics of Ambient Assisted Living Technologies for People with Dementia

“…The digital divide, as a form of social discrimination (Hofmann, 2012), drives society to elitism (Kosta, Pitkanen, et al, 2008;Kosta, Pitkänen, et al, 2010;Satava, 2003). ICT devices can also widen the digital divide (Wright and Wadhwa, 2010) and any existing divisions for example, between the quality of care (Walsh and Callan, 2011) of those already familiar and those unfamiliar with ICT. Batchelor et al (2012) differentiate younger and older generations based on familiarity with ICT devices, characterising them as 'digital natives' and 'digital immigrants'.…”

“…This criticism is based on the assumption that values such as hope, coping, vulnerability, dignity, meaningfulness or proximity, which are essential core aspects of the human care-giving activity, cannot yet be meaningfully replaced with technologies (Hofmann, 2012). The person-to-person interaction is emphasised as very important (Walsh and Callan, 2011) as opposed to the drives towards replacement of human care with ICT devices (Borenstein and Pearson, 2010;Coeckelbergh, 2010;Oost and Reed, 2011;Portet et al, 2011;R. Sparrow and L. Sparrow, 2006;Vallor, 2011).…”

“…The power relationship, between the (formal) care-givers/researchers and the PwDs is, as mentioned above, possible between the PwD and designers as well (eagerness to please (Francis et al, 2009), deferring to the opinion of the researcher as a person with higher status and competence (Maier and Kempter, 2009), etc.). Hence, the use of focus groups, where the users share their ideas with the researchers/designers in an interactive, open, and friendly manner, is welcomed in most of the literature (Brown et al, 2004;Brown et al, 2006;Maier and Kempter, 2009;Walsh and Callan, 2011). Wallace et al (2010), however, find focus groups unsuitable due to efforts to utilise as many participants as possible, resulting in less useful discussion.…”

Integration of medication monitoring and communication technologies in designing a usability-enhanced home solution for older adults

“…The use of such technologies in healthcare is increasing in many ways: service delivery, in-home monitoring, interactive communication, information transfer, and peer support [14]. Technology-enabled solutions have gained recognition as an effective and efficient solution as well as a sustainable support structure enabling self-care and remote caregiving for independent, active and healthy aging [15][16] [17].…”