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Using digital media to access information and good practice for paid carers of older people: summary
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 16p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report describes a study commissioned by SCIE and jointly funded by them with the National Knowledge Service. It was carried out by the University of Brighton to explore the feasibility and the appropriateness of digital technologies to support the work of paid carers in residential care home for older people. The study used a combination of mutually informing methods – site visits, questionnaire and design workshops – to develop a picture of current work practices across the sector and to gauge the appropriateness of support mechanisms for information-seeking and communication using digital technologies.
Using digital media to access information and good practice for paid carers of older people
- Authors:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE, UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON. Social Informatics Research Unit
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 65p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report describes a study commissioned by SCIE and jointly funded by them with the National Knowledge Service. It was carried out by the University of Brighton to explore the feasibility and the appropriateness of digital technologies to support the work of paid carers in residential care home for older people. The study used a combination of mutually informing methods – site visits, questionnaire and design workshops – to develop a picture of current work practices across the sector and to gauge the appropriateness of support mechanisms for information-seeking and communication using digital technologies.