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SUMMARY:What matters to people with assistive living needs? Findings from 
 the ATHENE ethnographic study of telehealth and telecare in the home - Pro
 f Trisha Greenhalgh
DTSTART:20130118T120000Z
DTEND:20130118T130000Z
UID:TALK42006@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Dr Simon Richard White
DESCRIPTION: Recent research on telehealth and telecare has been dominated
  by efficacy trials. The field lacks a sophisticated theorisation of [a] w
 hat matters to older people with assisted living needs\; [b] how the exper
 ience of illness affects people’s capacity to use assistive technologies
 \; and [c] the materiality of these technologies. In this project\, funded
  by the Technology Strategy Board\, we aimed to develop a sociologically a
 nd phenomenologically informed theoretical model of assisted technology us
 e by older people with health and/or social care needs.  32 people aged 60
 -98 were recruited via NHS\, social care and third sector in two UK sites 
 characterised by socio-economic deprivation and ethnic diversity. Each was
  visited at home up to 5 times for periods of 1-4 hours. Using ethnographi
 c methods\, including a home tour\, narrative and semi-structured intervie
 ws and cultural probes\, we built a detailed picture of participants’ li
 ves\, lifestyles and illness experiences\, including but not limited to th
 eir use of assistive technologies. Data were analysed at microlevel using 
 phenomenology\, drawing on Merleau-Ponty (lived body) and Heidegger (techn
 ology ready-to-hand). Findings were further theorised at meso and macro le
 vel using structuration theory. This talk will present preliminary results
  and explain how Heideggerian phenomenology can illuminate aspects of assi
 stive living needs that randomised trials leave unexplored. 
LOCATION:Large Seminar Room\, 1st Floor\, Institute of Public Health\, Uni
 versity Forvie Site\, Robinson Way\, Cambridge
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