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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.
Working with older people and their families
- Editors:
- NOLAN Mike, DAVIES Sue, GRANT Gordon
- Publisher:
- Open University Press
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 228p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Buckingham
Attempts to define the concept of person-centred care in working with older people through essays on topics such as the nature of care, rehabilitative care, palliative care, and older people with learning disabilities and mental health problems.
Assessment and community care: are the reforms working?
- Authors:
- CALDOCK Kerry, NOLAN Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Generations Review, 4(4), December 1994, pp.2-4,7.
- Publisher:
- British Society of Gerontology
Assessment has a pivotal role in the community care reforms, with an emphasise on more 'holistic' assessment practices. This article considers some of the lessons that can be learned from the early evaluation of assessment practice undertaken since the planning and implementation of the reforms. Draws from three local studies to highlight common problems in assessment practice.