This book is about the ways digital technology can contribute to
the welfare of older people. The Internet, mobile phones and other
technologies have changed how we live and work. Such technologies
also shape how services for older people are organised in ways that
potentially place carers and older people at the centre of service
provision. Telecare can make homes 'smart' so that they are more
comfortable and less risky for people who can take advantage of
devices that help make them independent members of their community.
Digital Welfare is part of the broader project in Britain and
elsewhere to adopt new information and communications technologies
(ICTs) to organise and deliver health and social welfare services.
This includes mundane technologies like an alarm to call for help
to complex telecare 'smart homes' and electronic patient records.
The intended and unintended consequences of such new technologies
must be explored if we are to benefit from these innovations. Based
on recent research this book seeks to highlight and examine the new
opportunities and dilemmas that confront older people and all those
concerned with their welfare in the network society. This edited
collection provides original contributions from leading academics
and researchers in the field to access the evidence for improved
professional integration and user-centred health and social care
services for older people arising from health informatics. Digital
Welfare for the Third Age will be of interest to all those working
with older people.
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