Embedding engineers in elderly care homes when researching new technologies for care
As the number of people above 65 continuously grows the demand for appropriate support to allow this group of people to live independently increases as well. Consequently, a lot of research effort is focused on the development of new technologies that can provide this support. In contrast, only a li...
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| author | Greet Baldewijns Tom Croonenborghs Bart Vanrumste |
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| description | As the number of people above 65 continuously grows the demand for appropriate support to allow this group of people to live independently increases as well. Consequently, a lot of research effort is focused on the development of new technologies that can provide this support. In contrast, only a limited number of these new developments are successfully launched on the healthcare market. In order to facilitate this penetration of the healthcare market, an intense collaboration strategy between healthcare workers, older adults, informal caregivers and engineers is proposed in this paper. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d57fe9280d4341a78f946ef5b6af71852022-12-21T23:54:26ZengUniversity Library System, University of PittsburghAnthropology & Aging2374-22672015-11-0136213514410.5195/aa.2015.9895Embedding engineers in elderly care homes when researching new technologies for careGreet Baldewijns0Tom Croonenborghs1Bart Vanrumste21. KU Leuven technology campus Geel, AdvISe, Belgium 2. KU Leuven, ESAT-STADIUS, Belgium 3. iMinds Medical Information Technology department, Belgium1. KU Leuven Technology Campus Geel, AdvISe, Belgium 2. KU Leuven, Department of Computer Science, DTAI, Belgium1. KU Leuven Technology Campus Geel, AdvISe, Belgium 2. KU Leuven, ESAT-STADIUS, Belgium 3. iMinds Medical Information Technology department, BelgiumAs the number of people above 65 continuously grows the demand for appropriate support to allow this group of people to live independently increases as well. Consequently, a lot of research effort is focused on the development of new technologies that can provide this support. In contrast, only a limited number of these new developments are successfully launched on the healthcare market. In order to facilitate this penetration of the healthcare market, an intense collaboration strategy between healthcare workers, older adults, informal caregivers and engineers is proposed in this paper.http://anthro-age.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/anthro-age/article/view/98Aging the technoscape |
| spellingShingle | Greet Baldewijns Tom Croonenborghs Bart Vanrumste Embedding engineers in elderly care homes when researching new technologies for care Anthropology & Aging Aging the technoscape |
| title | Embedding engineers in elderly care homes when researching new technologies for care |
| title_full | Embedding engineers in elderly care homes when researching new technologies for care |
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| title_short | Embedding engineers in elderly care homes when researching new technologies for care |
| title_sort | embedding engineers in elderly care homes when researching new technologies for care |
| topic | Aging the technoscape |
| url | http://anthro-age.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/anthro-age/article/view/98 |
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