Dr Kate Hamblin has presented her recent research project AKTIVE at ScHARR Seminar Series, University of Sheffield, on 17th June 2014. In her lecture on 'Qualitative research on older people's use of telecare', Kate has discussed a longitudinal ethnography-based methodology, called Everyday Life Analysis of Telecare Use, which was devised for the AKTIVE project.
AKTIVE (Advancing Knowledge of Telecare for Independence and Vitality in later life) studies telecare use by older people with susceptibility to falls and/ or dementia. The methods used include semi-structured interviews, conducted over a period of a year, observations, participant diaries and photographs, visual mapping, and interviews with family carers and care workers. Each of these contributed to provide in-depth understanding of the everyday life situation of the older person, opportunities and challenges linked to the introduction of technology in the households of vulnerable older people, the impact on formal/informal care arrangements and age-related barriers to technology use.
> Listen to seminar: Qualitative Research on Older People's use of Telecare
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| AKTIVE is funded by the Technology Strategy Board and ESRC through the Assisted Living Innovation Platform. It is conducted in collaboration with the Centre for International Research on Care, Labour and Equalities (CIRCLE, University of Leeds), Tunstall Healthcare (UK) Ltd and Inventya Solutions Ltd . The project investigates the uptake of assisted living technologies (ALTs) by older people diagnosed with dementia or falls and explore the potential of ALTs to achieve positive outcomes. |
