Exploring reciprocity in perceptions on telecare within the informal carer-care receiver dyad

Hvalič Touzery, Simona (author), Smole Orehek, Kaja (author), Dolničar, Vesna (author)

Informal carers' telecare acceptance decisions depend on how their care recipients perceive telecare, yet this relationship has not been researched very much. This article draws on qualitative data gathered from informal carers to explore reciprocity in telecare perceptions within dyads of informal carers and care receivers. A 4-month intervention study was conducted from 2018 to 2019 in the Central Slovenia region. A purposive sample of 22 older adults and their informal carers tested two telecare solutions. Thematic analysis was conducted using Atlas.ti 8, with four themes emerging: 1. the benefits of telecare use for older adults; 2. reluctance, rejection or negative perceptions of telecare; 3. the potential violation of older adults' privacy; and 4. the importance of external and internal information for effective telecare use. This study confirms that that telecare perception is dyadically interdependent.

• Language: English
• Keywords: elderly people, assistive technologies, informal care, home environment, dyads
• Work type: Abstract or summary
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FDV - Faculty of Social Sciences
• Publication date: 30.09.2021
• Year: 2021
• Number of pages: Str. 840-859, 929-930
• Numbering: Letn. 58, št. 3
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-138750-de31536a-870c-3d96-77fb-0a48dc402918
• UDC: 364-783-053.9
• ISSN on article: 0040-3598
• DOI: 10.51936/tip.58.3.840-859
• COBISS.SI-ID: 83913731
• Publication date in RUL: 12.08.2022

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Teorija in praksa : revija za družbena vprašanja
• Shortened title: Teor. praksa
• Publisher: Fakulteta za družbene vede
• ISSN: 0040-3598
• COBISS.SI-ID: 763652

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Proučevanje recipročnosti v dojemanju teleoskrbe znotraj diad neformalnih oskrbovalcev in starejših oseb

Abstract

Sprejemanje podpornih tehnologij med neformalnimi oskrbovalci je odvisno od tega, kako jih dojemajo starejše osebe, vendar je ta povezava slabo raziskana. Članek izhaja iz kvalitativnih intervjujev med neformalnimi oskrbovalci, v katerih smo proučevali recipročnost v dojemanju teleoskrbe znotraj diad neformalnih oskrbovalcev in starejših oseb. Štirimesečna intervencijska študija je bila izvedena v letih 2018 in 2019 v osrednjeslovenski regiji. Namenski vzorec 22 starejših oseb in njihovih neformalnih oskrbovalcev je testiral dve storitvi teleoskrbe. Tematsko analizo smo izvedli s pomočjo programske opreme Atlas.ti 8. Prepoznali smo štiri teme: a) Prednosti teleoskrbe za starejše osebe; b) Nenaklonjenost, zavračanje ali negativno dojemanje teleoskrbe; c) Potencialni vdor v zasebnost starejših oseb; d) Pomen zunanjih in notranjih informacij pri uporabi teleoskrbe. Študija potrjuje medsebojno prepletanje percepcije teleoskrbe med oskrbovalci in starejšimi osebami v diadah.

• Keywords: starejši ljudje, podporne tehnologije, neformalna oskrba, domače okolje, diade