Paper Info
Title
Dealing with wandering: a case study on caregivers' attitudes towards privacy and autonomy when reflecting the use of LBS
Abstract
We present an empirical study that is being conducted in the context of developing a GPS locating system for individuals with Alzheimer's disease (AD) in Germany. A disposition of wandering is one of the most problematic symptoms as it fosters anxiety, disorientation and can even lead to life-threatening situations. Our qualitative empirical study contributes to the research on social phenomena which reveals some technical implications for the development of location-based services (LBS) in dementia care. We demonstrate that common concepts such as the dilemmas "awareness vs. privacy" in general and "safety vs. autonomy" in the context of monitoring systems for wandering patients need to be tackled from practice-based views. Our study attempts to understand caregivers' practices and attitudes towards these concepts.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1145/1880071.1880082
GROUP
Keywords
Field
DocType
qualitative empirical study,location-based service,problematic symptom,study attempt,social phenomenon,common concept,dementia care,practice-based view,life-threatening situation,case study,empirical study,attitudes,privacy,semi structured interviews,autonomy,grounded theory,location based service,local system
Grounded theory,Social psychology,Semi-structured interview,Family caregivers,Computer science,Anxiety,Autonomy,Disposition,Empirical research,Dementia
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
11
1.14
11
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Claudia Müller1548.81
Lin Wan21169.69
Dalibor Hrg3141.93