Paper Info
Title
Voices and Views of Informal Caregivers: Investigating Ambient Assisted Living Technologies.
Abstract
Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) technologies are on the rise in an attempt to ensure the sustainability of elderly care. Informal caregivers are an important stakeholder group for the successful adoption of AAL technologies. However, the number of studies that specifically address the attitudes, concerns and needs of this group is limited. With the aim to engage this underrepresented user group and to highlight their opinion and needs, we conducted in-depth interviews with 20 informal caregivers to evaluate different AAL solutions in the field of mobility and safety. While informal caregivers recognized the safety and mobility benefits and the increased peace of mind - privacy issues, the lack of human touch and an unfelt need for support formed major barriers towards adoption. Informal caregivers have an important influence on care decisions and should be closely involved when developing AAL tools.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.1007/978-3-319-56997-0_8
AMBIENT INTELLIGENCE (AMI 2017)
Keywords
Field
DocType
Ambient Assisted Living,Informal caregivers,Technology adoption,User needs
Stakeholder,Computer science,Public relations,Multimedia,Sustainability
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
10217
0302-9743
3
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.38
11
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Christina Jaschinski182.39
Somaya Ben Allouch216616.37