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dc.contributor.authorHolthe, Torhild
dc.contributor.authorHalvorsrud, Liv Torill
dc.contributor.authorLund, Anne
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-31T16:14:58Z
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-09T09:14:31Z
dc.date.available2021-01-31T16:14:58Z
dc.date.available2021-03-09T09:14:31Z
dc.date.issued2020-05-13
dc.identifier.citationHolthe T, Halvorsrud L, Lund A. A critical occupational perspective on user engagement of older adults in an assisted living facility in technology research over three years. Journal of Occupational Science (JOS). 2020;27(3):376-389en
dc.identifier.issn1442-7591
dc.identifier.issn2158-1576
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10642/9934
dc.description.abstractDigital assistive technology has potential for supporting older adults who depend upon community healthcare services. To boost the efficiency of those services, technological devices are often installed for care recipients as part of governed practice. However, the varying adoption of technology risks widening the digital divide. In response, the Assisted Living project engaged older adults in co-creating knowledge about users’ needs, to guide the development of technological solutions designed to support everyday living. This study sought to investigate how eight older adults in an assisted living facility in Norway, aged 81–92 years, evaluated user inclusion in a 3-year technology-oriented research project. Individual interviews, dialogue cafés, interventions with environmental sensors, and a final focus group discussion constituted sites for co-creation of knowledge. Participants’ answers to standardised questionnaires and statements during dialogue café meetings were collated into tables and the focus group discussion was thematically analyzed, with three themes identified: motivation for project engagement, experiencing and understanding participation in the project, and mixed feelings towards environmental sensors at home. The project revealed that older adults with impairments could nevertheless meaningfully contribute opinions about their needs. Applying a critical occupational perspective raised awareness regarding sociocultural assumptions about older adults in assisted living as frail and unable to participate, which may reinforce ageist and ableist stereotypes, as well as promote occupational injustice.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherRoutledgeen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesJournal of Occupational Science;Volume 27, 2020 - Issue 3: Special Issue: Illuminating occupations at the heart of social problems
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) Licenseen
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectOccupational scienceen
dc.subjectAssistive technologiesen
dc.subjectCommunity health careen
dc.subjectOccupational justiceen
dc.subjectTechnology imperativesen
dc.subjectUser participationen
dc.titleA critical occupational perspective on user engagement of older adults in an assisted living facility in technology research over three yearsen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.typePeer revieweden
dc.date.updated2021-01-31T16:14:58Z
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/14427591.2020.1758200
dc.identifier.cristin1811607
dc.source.journalJournal of Occupational Science (JOS)
dc.relation.projectIDNorges forskningsråd: 247620


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