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2016 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Socio-Technical Challenges in Implementation of Monitoring Technologies in Elderly Care

Authors : Ella Kolkowska, Anneli Avatare Nöu, Marie Sjölinder, Isabella Scandurra

Published in: Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. Healthy and Active Aging

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Although new monitoring technologies (MT) supporting aging in place are continuously developed and introduced on the market, attempts to implement these technologies as an integrated part of elderly care often fail. According to the literature, the reason for that may be the prevailing technical focus applied during development and implementation of monitoring technologies in real settings. The aim of this paper was to investigate the socio-technical challenges that arise during implementation of monitoring technologies in elderly care. We used a qualitative case study and semi-structured interviews to investigate socio-technical (S/T) challenges in implementation of monitoring technologies generally and social alarms especially. Based on our findings we suggest a framework for classification of S/T challenges arising during implementation of monitoring technologies in elderly care and in this way this paper contributes to a better understanding of these challenges.

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Metadata
Title
Socio-Technical Challenges in Implementation of Monitoring Technologies in Elderly Care
Authors
Ella Kolkowska
Anneli Avatare Nöu
Marie Sjölinder
Isabella Scandurra
Copyright Year
2016
Book
Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. Healthy and Active Aging

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-39948-5

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-39949-2

Copyright Year: 2016

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39949-2_5