Search results for ‘Subject term:"older people"’ Sort:
Results 1 - 3 of 3
Researching telecare use using everyday life analysis: introducing the AKTIVE working papers: AKTIVE working paper 1
- Author:
- YEANDLE Sue
- Publisher:
- University of Leeds. Centre for International Research on Care, Labour and Equalities
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 14
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
The AKTIVE Working Paper series, of which this paper is an introduction, comprises papers outlining the results of the AKTIVE research project. Focusing on older people living at home with different types of frailty, the project aimed both to enhance understanding of how they (and those supporting them) accessed, engaged with and used the telecare equipment supplied to them, and to explore the consequences for them of doing so. This paper briefly describes the two telecare services studied, in Leeds and Oxfordshire, providing a context in which some of the differences seen in research participants’ experiences and reactions can be understood. It describes the 60 frail older people included in the everyday life analysis (ELA) sample, a key source of information and data for the project, including their personal characteristics, their living situations and family circumstances, their health situations at the start of the study and some of the changes they experienced during the research contact. Finally, it describes the different types and combinations of telecare equipment in place in the ELA households. All papers in the AKTIVE Working Paper series draw on the ELA research findings, and each indicates which AKTIVE research questions it addresses. (Edited publisher abstract)
Keeping in touch with technology? Using telecare and assistive technology to support older people with dual sensory impairment
- Authors:
- HAMBLIN Kate, KOIVUNEN Emma-Reetta, YEANDLE Sue
- Publisher:
- University of Sheffield. CIRCLE
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 76
- Place of publication:
- Sheffield
This study focuses on the types of telecare equipment or other assistive technologies available to older people with dual sensory impediment; the agencies and providers which offer, arrange and monitor this support and the scope for widening access to it; the constraints in the everyday lives of older people with DSI, and how telecare and technology might assist them in managing these; and the barriers to the use of technology by this group of older people. The study used the ELA method involving repeat household visits and uses observation, interviews and other qualitative techniques. 146 household visits were completed with 38 participants. The range of equipment available to participants included five categories of equipment, using a categorisation developed during data analysis: alerting technology; assistive listening technology; visual impairment equipment; specialist equipment for using ICT; and assistive telecommunications device. The study found that few items of equipment had been designed for people with DSI, suggesting designers and developers may not appreciate that in older people DSI is often accompanied by difficulties with manual dexterity, balance, mobility and stability. Limited knowledge and low awareness of available equipment and technology, and a lack of information about how to obtain it, were common problems. Success stories, on the other hand, included people for whom technology meant they felt much safer at home; were using public transport alone; could manage everyday chores unaided; and enjoyed new modes of communication and social interactions. (Edited publisher abstract)
Frail older people and their networks of support: how does telecare fit in?: AKTIVE Working paper 2
- Author:
- YEANDLE Sue
- Publisher:
- University of Leeds. Centre for International Research on Care, Labour and Equalities
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 17
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
This paper focuses on the different types and configurations of formal and informal support in place, alongside telecare, to assist frail older people, and on how having telecare in place affected, and was influenced by, these arrangements. Based on detailed research with older telecare users and people involved in their care, the paper defines and contrasts three ‘ideal types’ identified as: ‘complex’; ‘family- based’; and ‘privatised support’ caring networks. It considers how telecare interacted with each type of caring network and explores differences in the relevance and applicability of each to frail older people in the AKTIVE study. Focusing on older people living at home with different types of frailty, the AKTIVE project aimed both to enhance understanding of how they (and those supporting them) accessed, engaged with and used the telecare equipment supplied to them, and to explore the consequences for them of doing so. In this paper particular reference is made to differences between older people using telecare who lived alone or with others; and between those who had memory problems or were susceptible to falls. The paper shows how telecare enhanced all three types of network, in at least some examples in the study, although no network type was dependent, or solely reliant, upon it. This highlights that telecare is not a panacea, a substitute for human care or an adequate solution in and of itself. (Edited publisher abstract)