Assistive Technology Within Elderly Care: A study of professional’s attitudes towards using Assistive technology
2020 (English)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE credits
Student thesis
Abstract [en]
Assistive technology is an important field that has gained a lot of attention and has developed rapidly in recent years. This thesis identified what kind of assistive technologies are currently used within elderly care and further examined the professionals’ attitude towards the assistive technology. A qualitative study with semi-structured interviews was conducted with a total of four professionals and the empirical findings were analyzed with the use of Technology Acceptance Model. The empirical findings showed that professionals have generally positive attitudes towards the assistive technology, however, the study showed that different types or versions of the same assistive technology affected the perception of using it. Additionally, the study examined the barriers and opportunities of using the technologies. There were concerns identified and potential improvements that could be made; however, the overall benefits outweigh the disadvantages.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2020. , p. 36
Keywords [en]
Assistive technology, Technology Acceptance Model, Elderly care, Attitude
National Category
Information Systems
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-98171OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-98171DiVA, id: diva2:1470506
Subject / course
Informatics
Educational program
Information Systems for Business Development Programme,180 credits
Supervisors
Examiners
2020-09-292020-09-242020-09-29Bibliographically approved