Digital Transformations in Care for Older People: Critical Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9780367725570 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 192 str.

Helena Hirvonen; Mia Tammelin; Riitta Hänninen

Opis

The book investigates digitalisation in care for older people by giving insight into service users’ and professionals’ opportunities to digital agency in the context of European welfare states.

Spis treści

Part I: Studying Digital Transformation in Care of Older People
1. Introduction
2. Healthcare and Technology: The Multi-Level Perspective. Theories, Models and Frameworks
Part II: Digital Agency of Older People
3. The ageing entrepreneur: Co-opting older adults into the siliconisation of care
4. ‘Bridging’ and ‘Fixing’ Endangered Social Rights in the Digitalising Welfare State: The Ambiguous Role of Third-Sector Organisations in Supporting Marginalised Older Migrants in Finland
5. Ageism in Applying Digital Technology in Healthcare: Implications for Adoption and Actual Use
Part III: Digital Agency in Care Work
6. Temporalities of Digital Eldercare
7. New Choreographies of Care: Understanding the Digital Transformation of Body Work in Care for Older People
8. Sense of Belonging in a Digitalised Care Work Community
9. Sealing the Deal? Irish Caregivers’ Experiences of Paro, the Social Robot
10. Digital Skills and Application Use among Finnish Home Care Workers in the Elder Care Sector