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:
- Journal home page
- ISSN print:
- 1460-8790