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View article: Aging enacted in practice: How unloved objects thrive in the shadows of care
Aging enacted in practice: How unloved objects thrive in the shadows of care Open
In this paper, we explore the seeming stability of aging. More precisely, we offer an empirical account of how aging - images of aging, embodiments of aging, feelings about aging - is enacted in company practice, both in place and across t…
View article: When Theory meets Practice in Entanglements of Ageing and Technology
When Theory meets Practice in Entanglements of Ageing and Technology Open
This special issue contributes to the new academic field known as Socio-gerontechnology, which has emerged at the cross-section of STS and Age Studies. All contributions published in the following pages explore what happens when theories m…
View article: Domesticating Social Alarm Systems in Nursing Homes: Qualitative Study of Differences in the Perspectives of Assistant Nurses
Domesticating Social Alarm Systems in Nursing Homes: Qualitative Study of Differences in the Perspectives of Assistant Nurses Open
Background New social alarm solutions are viewed as a promising approach to alleviate the global challenge of an aging population and a shortage of care staff. However, the uptake of social alarm systems in nursing homes has proven both co…
View article: Interactive robots for health in Europe: Technology readiness and adoption potential
Interactive robots for health in Europe: Technology readiness and adoption potential Open
Introduction Social robots are accompanied by high expectations of what they can bring to society and in the healthcare sector. So far, promising assumptions have been presented about how and where social robots are most relevant. We know …
View article: Doing User Involvement: Shifting Interstices and Coalescing Tensions in Care Technology
Doing User Involvement: Shifting Interstices and Coalescing Tensions in Care Technology Open
This paper explores user involvement in company practice as a method that is both contingent and transformative. Drawing on ethnographic research in a small- to medium-sized care technology company, we trace how user involvement is enacted…
View article: Technology scripts in care practice: A case study of assistant nurses’ use of a social alarm system in Swedish nursing homes
Technology scripts in care practice: A case study of assistant nurses’ use of a social alarm system in Swedish nursing homes Open
Background Technologies such as social alarm systems contain expectations about how they should be integrated and used in practice. These expectations, also called technology scripts, usually fail to consider all the complexity in care pra…
View article: Factors Influencing Retirement Decisions among Blue-Collar Workers in a Global Manufacturing Company—Implications for Age Management from A System Perspective
Factors Influencing Retirement Decisions among Blue-Collar Workers in a Global Manufacturing Company—Implications for Age Management from A System Perspective Open
The maintenance of older workers and determining the appropriate age for retirement are growing issues related to the fact that fewer people, still active in working life, have to provide for more non-working people due to increased life e…
View article: Co-Design as Learning: The Differences of Learning When Involving Older People in Digitalization in Four Countries
Co-Design as Learning: The Differences of Learning When Involving Older People in Digitalization in Four Countries Open
Involving older people through co-design has become increasingly attractive as an approach to develop technologies for them. However, less attention has been paid to the internal dynamics and localized socio-material arrangements that enac…
View article: Design multiple: How different configurations of participation matter in design practice
Design multiple: How different configurations of participation matter in design practice Open
This article critically interrogates how participation is practiced during the design process. We present the findings of three different configurations of participatory design workshops, each involving a different stakeholder group (age r…
View article: Exploring Local Initiatives to Improve the Work Environment: A Qualitative Survey in Swedish Home Care Practice
Exploring Local Initiatives to Improve the Work Environment: A Qualitative Survey in Swedish Home Care Practice Open
Home care for the elderly constitutes a large and growing part of the social welfare system. Though, home care work is associated with a number of work environment-related challenges, including an increased risk for injuries, musculoskelet…
View article: Discrepancies between Expected and Actual Implementation: The Process Evaluation of PERS Integration in Nursing Homes
Discrepancies between Expected and Actual Implementation: The Process Evaluation of PERS Integration in Nursing Homes Open
Recent studies prove that when implementing new technology technology-driven and one-size-fits-all approaches are problematic. This study focuses on the process of implementing personal emergency response system (PERS) at nursing homes. Th…
View article: Picking low hanging fruit – A scoping review of work environment related interventions in the home care sector
Picking low hanging fruit – A scoping review of work environment related interventions in the home care sector Open
Home care for elderly people is an important part of the social welfare system. The sector employs many people, especially women, and work environment issues are common. This review explores the scientific literature on organizational inte…
View article: Of robots and humans: Creating user representations in practice
Of robots and humans: Creating user representations in practice Open
In this study, we explore the constitution of user representations of robots in design practice. Using the results of ethnographic research in two robot laboratories, we show how user representations emerge in and are entangled with design…
View article: The Importance of User Involvement: A Systematic Review of Involving Older Users in Technology Design
The Importance of User Involvement: A Systematic Review of Involving Older Users in Technology Design Open
Background and Objectives There is a lack of understanding of how older adults’ involvement and participation matters in actual design practice. This systematic literature review investigates existing empirical studies involving older user…
View article: Interprofessional Learning for Enhanced Patient Safety: Biomedical Engineering Students and Nursing Students in Joint Learning Activities
Interprofessional Learning for Enhanced Patient Safety: Biomedical Engineering Students and Nursing Students in Joint Learning Activities Open
Background: In the last decade, research has highlighted the importance of interprofessional approaches to education and practice. Collaboration between medical practice and engineering has been identified as particularly relevant to devel…
View article: How do older people think and feel about robots in health- and elderly care?
How do older people think and feel about robots in health- and elderly care? Open
This extended abstract is a report on older people’s perception of interactive robots in health- and elderly care. A series of focus groups was conducted. In total 31 older people participated. The majority of the participants viewed inter…
View article: Narrative Review: Technologies in Eldercare
Narrative Review: Technologies in Eldercare Open
Background: Welfare technology is a concept that appears as one of the answers to how to meet the need for care in growing older populations. Although technology has been used for decades in eldercare, it is under-problematized and there i…
View article: Case Report: Implications of Doing Research on Socially Assistive Robots in Real Homes
Case Report: Implications of Doing Research on Socially Assistive Robots in Real Homes Open
The current paper addresses the implications of doing research on socially assistive robots in real homes. In contrast to laboratory studies, studies of robots in their intended natural environments can provide insights into people’s exper…
View article: Perceptions of Comfort : Exploring How People in the Third Age Experience Seating Furniture
Perceptions of Comfort : Exploring How People in the Third Age Experience Seating Furniture Open
Notions of comfort are multifaceted and complex to incorporate into the design process. This paper presents a study where 10 chairs were tested by 30 third age people. The study was not mainly a comfort test, but several of the investigate…