Towards a More Social Orientation in Gerontechnology: Case Study of the “Reminiscence Stick”.
The purpose of this article is to investigate, through a case study, how social orientation can be realized in gerontechnology's objectives. The focus is on user-driven development process of an “mStick,” which is a tool for storing various biographical material: photographs, texts, audio and video...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Technology in Human Services Vol. 31; no. 4; pp. 337 - 355 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Oct-Dec2013
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=92963651&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 92963651 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 15228835 8AO jtl: Journal of Technology in Human Services issn: 15228835 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Oct-Dec2013 vid: 31 iid: 4 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania artinfo: ui: 92963651 104127155 104127155 10.1080/15228835.2013.856277 92963651 ppf: 337 ppct: 18 formats: tig: atl: Towards a More Social Orientation in Gerontechnology: Case Study of the “Reminiscence Stick”. aug: au: Pekkarinen, Satu Melkas, Helinä Kuosmanen, Päivi Karisto, Antti Valve, Raisa affil: Lappeenranta University of Technology, Lahti, Finland sug: subj: Biographies Memory Aging Finland Social Behavior Finland Human Qualitative Studies Information Storage Interviews Immigrants Finland ab: The purpose of this article is to investigate, through a case study, how social orientation can be realized in gerontechnology's objectives. The focus is on user-driven development process of an “mStick,” which is a tool for storing various biographical material: photographs, texts, audio and video clips, and using it in elderly care services. Qualitative data were collected in 11 pilot cases. The content analysis was used to investigate how the “Gerontechnology's Five Ways”: prevention, enhancement, compensation, care, and research, were applicable especially from the perspective of social implications. The mStick acts as a prevention by offering meaningful contents to life, as enhancement by offering a possibility to utilize elderly person's resources. It compensates weakening abilities by preventing the world from becoming narrower. In care, it helps to see patients as whole human beings with unique biography. In addition, mStick offers potential for, for example, applications in memory research. The implication of this study is to pay attention to gerontechnology's role in supporting the social nature of the human being. This may contribute to renewing caring culture towards a more social and biographical orientation. Limitations of this study include focusing on the early development and implementation process with no long-term use data. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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