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Carers tap into the information highway
- Author:
- MAGNUSSON Lennart
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 20.10.99, 1999, pp.48-50.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Reports on the use of technology, including videophones, to offer carers of older people support and advice in their homes. Discusses the work of ACTION, the European funded project Assisting Carers Using Telematics Interventions to meet Older Persons' Needs.
Extended safety and support systems for people with dementia living at home
- Authors:
- MAGNUSSON Lennart, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Assistive Technologies, 8(4), 2014, pp.188-206.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to highlight the complexity surrounding the implementation of advanced electronic tracking, communication and emergency response technologies, namely, an extended safety and support (ESS) system for people with dementia (pwd) living at home. Results are presented from a Swedish demonstration study (2011-2012) conducted in 24 municipalities. Design/methodology/approach: It is a descriptive intervention study with a pre-post test design. Questionnaires were administered to pwd, carers and professionals at the outset and eight months later. ESS logging data were analyzed. Findings: ESS usage rates varied widely. A total of 650 alerts were triggered, mainly when the pwd was outdoors. Activities were reduced amongst pwd, most likely due to a progression of their disease. Carers noted that pwd were more independent than previously on those occasions when they engaged in outdoor activities. Staff considered that nearly half of pwd could remain living at home due to the ESS, compared with a third amongst carers. In total, 50 per cent of carers felt it was justified to equip their relative with an ESS without their explicit consent, compared to one in eight staff. Research limitations/implications: A limitation is the amount of missing data and high drop- out rates. Researchers should recruit pwd earlier in their illness trajectory. A mixed-methods approach to data collection is advisable. Practical implications: Carers played a crucial role in the adoption of ESS. Staff training/supervision about assistive devices and services is recommended. Social implications: Overall, use of ESS for pwd living at home was not an ethical problem. Originality/value: The study included key stakeholder groups and a detailed ethical analysis was conducted. (Publisher abstract)
Ethical issues arising from a research, technology and development project to support frail older people and their family carers at home
- Authors:
- MAGNUSSON Lennart, HANSON Elizabeth Jane
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 11(5), September 2003, pp.431-439.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Provides an overview of the application of key ethical issues which arose in an EU-funded research, technology and development project, Assisting Carers using Telematics Interventions to meet Older Persons' Needs (ACTION), whose primary aim was to support frail older people and family carers in their own homes across England, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, Sweden and Portugal via the use of user-friendly information and communication technology. Ethical guidelines were developed and used as a tool to enable the multidisciplinary project team to increase their awareness of ethical issues in their everyday work and act as a useful ethical framework for regular team discussions at international and local meetings across the partner countries. A range of ethical issues arose during the field-study phases when the ACTION services were introduced into a number of families' own homes. It can be argued that these reflect factors relating both to the application of research into practice as well as those relating more directly to the use of new technology by families and care professionals. Key issues centre on ethical concepts of autonomy, independence, quality of life, beneficence, non-maleficence and justice, and more specifically on issues of security, privacy and confidentiality, increased expectations, and service withdrawal. This paper is intended to facilitate dialogue and debate in the area of enabling (assistive) technology in home care for older people and their families.
The impact of information and communication technology on family carers of older people and professionals in Sweden
- Authors:
- MAGNUSSON Lennart, HANSON Elizabeth, NOLAN Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 25(5), September 2005, pp.693-713.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This article explores the perceived benefits of, and barriers to, information technology as a means of supporting family carers of older people. Following a brief overview of the care-giving literature, with particular reference to the Swedish context, interview and questionnaire data collected from 34 families who took part in the Swedish ACTION project are used to explore the role of user-friendly information and communication technology to inform and enable family carers of older people to exercise choice, to care more effectively and to work in partnership with professionals. Interview data from two groups of professionals that utilised ACTION are also examined to throw light on its potential benefits for both carers and professionals. Consideration is given to the barriers to using information technology, and to identifying those carers most likely to benefit. Areas for further development are the need for practitioners' education and a wider range of programmes to address carers' diverse needs. Clearly, lessons learned from the Swedish project have wider relevance, given that new forms of support are being developed in most technically advanced countries.