Ethical issues related to the use of gerontechnology in older people care: A scoping review.
Background: Demographic trends indicate growth of population aged 65 and older in Western countries. One of the greatest challenges is to provide high-quality care for all. Technological solutions designed for older people, gerontechnology, can somewhat balance the gap between resources and the incr...
| Publicado en: | Nursing Ethics Vol. 27; no. 1; pp. 88 - 104 |
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| Formato: | research systematic review tables/charts Journal Article |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Feb2020
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=141560899&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 141560899 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 09697330 31K jtl: Nursing Ethics issn: 09697330 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Feb2020 vid: 27 iid: 1 pid: 344 pub: Sage Publications Inc. place: Thousand Oaks, California artinfo: ui: 141560899 141560899 141560899 10.1177/0969733019845132 141560899 ppf: 88 ppct: 16 formats: tig: atl: Ethical issues related to the use of gerontechnology in older people care: A scoping review. aug: au: Sundgren, Suvi Stolt, Minna Suhonen, Riitta affil: University of Turku, Finland sug: subj: Technology Ethical Issues Technology Methods Community Living In Old Age Gerontologic Care Human Scoping Review Home Health Care CINAHL Database PubMed Cochrane Library Thematic Analysis Patient Safety Privacy and Confidentiality Patient Autonomy Fear Interpersonal Relations Software Checklists Aged Aged, 80 and Over Adult Middle Age Systematic Review Aged: 65+ years Aged, 80 & over Adult: 19-44 years Middle Aged: 45-64 years ab: Background: Demographic trends indicate growth of population aged 65 and older in Western countries. One of the greatest challenges is to provide high-quality care for all. Technological solutions designed for older people, gerontechnology, can somewhat balance the gap between resources and the increasing demand of healthcare services. However, there are also ethical issues in the use of gerontechnology that need to be pointed out. Purpose: To describe what ethical issues are related to the use of gerontechnology in the care of community-dwelling older people. Methods: A scoping review was performed to identify and analyse studies concerning ethical issues when using gerontechnology in the home care of older people. The literature search was limited to studies published after 1990 and addressed to the electronic databases CINAHL, PubMed, Cochrane, Medic, IEEE Explore and Web of Science. The search was performed in July−August 2018. Data from empirical studies were analysed using thematic analysis. Ethical considerations: This scoping review was conducted in accordance with good scientific practice. The work of other researchers was respected and cited appropriately. Results: A total of 17 studies were identified. Two main themes were found. 'Balancing between the benefits of using gerontechnology and the basic rights of older people', consisted of the subthemes safety, privacy and autonomy. The other main theme, 'Gerontechnology as a risk of insecurity for older people', included the subthemes fear of losing human contact and concern and fear. Surveillance and monitoring technologies were mainly studied. Conclusion: These results suggest that there may be ethical issues related to the use of gerontechnology and they must therefore be taken into consideration when implementing technology in the care of community-dwelling older people. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research systematic review tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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