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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