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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)
Researching telecare: the importance of context
- Authors:
- HAMBLIN Kate, YEANDLE Sue, FRY Gary
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Enabling Technologies, 11(3), 2017, pp.75-84.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to present a research method which offers insights into the factors which affect the optimal use and implementation of telecare, or which may lead to its rejection by older people with support needs – factors pertinent to those involved in the design and delivery of both telecare research studies and of services. Design/methodology/approach: The methodology outlined, influenced by Chicago School and Science and Technology Studies, emphasises the importance of context when examining social phenomena, such as the use of technology. The multi-method approach identified key patterns which provide insights into how telecare was used by a sample of older adults, including information on its suboptimal use and rejection. Findings: The study of telecare use in real-life situations – and the investigation of other complex social interventions – requires an approach which fully considers the importance of context in explaining social phenomena. The main value of the method and findings lies in the insights offered to designers of larger studies which seek to generalise results, including telecare randomised control trials, as well as for those involved in the delivery of telecare services to achieve optimal adoption and use. Originality/value: The study methods described combined ethnographic, longitudinal and qualitative methodologies and creative research tools in an innovative way to allow exploration of how context affects the uptake and use of telecare. (Publisher abstract)