Electronic assistive technology: benefits for all?

Author:
GATWARD John
Journal article citation:
Housing Care and Support, 7(4), December 2004, pp.13-17.
Publisher:
Emerald

For more than a decade there has been a powerful drive towards providing care services to older and disabled people in their own homes. Technology is beginning to provide devices and systems to help do this in a practical way that not only benefits service users and their carers but also has the potential to be very cost-effective. However, the ethics of telecare will increasingly demand attention. Highlights the need to address the problems of social isolation by care systems designed to use electronic assistive technology.

Subject terms:
information technology, older people, physical disabilities, sheltered housing, assistive technology, ethics;
Link:
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ISSN print:
1460-8790

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