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SUMMARY:Smart assistive technology provision for older people living in En
 gland: the social and political dynamics - Dr Phoebe Stirling
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CONTACT:Prof. Nebojša Radić
DESCRIPTION:\n‘Third-generation’ telecare and advanced assistive techn
 ologies are widely understood to offer multiple benefits. These are digita
 l devices in the home\, that can do things like record how often someone u
 ses their fridge\, as well as recognize changes in patterns of behaviour o
 ver time. Users can live with the assurance that potential problems requir
 ing medical attention will not go unnoticed. Advanced telecare interfaces 
 can be used to maintain social connections. A key policy goal is that olde
 r people who might feel vulnerable living independently can use advanced t
 elecare to live at home for longer than otherwise possible. Numerous local
  authorities have piloted this kind of technology as part of their adult s
 ocial care services. Most pilot studies are qualitative in nature\, and sh
 ow promising outcomes in multiple cases. \n\nGiven this\, it is perhaps su
 rprising that third-generation telecare has not already become a more wide
 spread service across the UK. But the most significant evidence about tele
 care\, drawn from a large randomized controlled trial\, launched and funde
 d by the Department of Health in 2007\, suggests that the telecare service
 s it studied did not actually deliver better outcomes for older people. Th
 is raises several problems. Firstly\, this evidence is often disregarded\,
  often by local authorities who see the benefits of these kinds of service
 s and are in favour of expanded telecare provision. Secondly\, this create
 s a false dichotomy\, between accepting the evidence that telecare is not 
 beneficial\, and rejecting it in favour of continued provision. Both optio
 ns preclude further in-depth investigation into how telecare technology pr
 ovision and use actually works\, when it doesn’t work\, and why. One par
 t of the answer is that moving from first-generation analogue telecare ser
 vices to digital\, advanced telecare services is a social process as much 
 as it is a matter of the technology available. Innovation within the socia
 l infrastructure of adult social care services may be important to outcome
 s as the new technological capabilities of new telecare platforms. \n\n\n\
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