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oapen-20.500.12657-585742023-02-23T10:22:35Z Digital Transformations in Care for Older People Hirvonen, Helena Tammelin, Mia Hänninen, Riitta Wouters, Eveline J.M. elder care, older people, care, digital agency, digitalization, public health, social services, ageism bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHB Sociology 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. With a focus on service users and providers experiences of digital care, the contributions address the manifold and often contradictory consequences of active ageing policies and innovation programmes. To assess digital agency of older people, ageism and co-creation in the innovation processes as well the use of digital platforms are addressed, while care professionals’ digital agency is examined through empirical cases that focus on the interaction between human and non-human actors in long-term care services, the temporality and spatiality of care, and the organisational requirements for successful implementation of digital technologies. From a variety of conceptual and theoretical viewpoints, the chapters provide a comprehensive and timely overview of ways to address the phenomena of ageing and digitalisation. The book provides critical vantage points to academic readership, health and social care professionals, policymakers, other stakeholders as well as the general audience on the effects of digitalisation in care for older people. 2022-10-12T12:31:56Z 2022-10-12T12:31:56Z 2022 book 9780367725570 9780367725594 9781003155317 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/58574 eng Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781003155317 10.4324/9781003155317 7b3c7b10-5b1e-40b3-860e-c6dd5197f0bb 9bac4537-35f5-45bb-ba06-bfe37467e872 60d56fcf-bacc-47bd-87e9-5a4fe82c2451 6cec4dd3-ebc0-4c82-9878-bde43ebdecad 764cd6b8-8857-4b36-8462-d92d36e1c3e4 dbc68208-754e-41b1-9b96-f912fcfeae37 9780367725570 9780367725594 9781003155317 Routledge open access
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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. With a focus on service users and providers experiences of digital care, the contributions address the manifold and often contradictory consequences of active ageing policies and innovation programmes. To assess digital agency of older people, ageism and co-creation in the innovation processes as well the use of digital platforms are addressed, while care professionals’ digital agency is examined through empirical cases that focus on the interaction between human and non-human actors in long-term care services, the temporality and spatiality of care, and the organisational requirements for successful implementation of digital technologies. From a variety of conceptual and theoretical viewpoints, the chapters provide a comprehensive and timely overview of ways to address the phenomena of ageing and digitalisation. The book provides critical vantage points to academic readership, health and social care professionals, policymakers, other stakeholders as well as the general audience on the effects of digitalisation in care for older people.
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