Ambient Assistive Technology Considered Harmful

Autor:	Kristine Holbø, Anders Kofod-Petersen, Silje Bøthun, Yngve Dahl, Babak A. Farshchian, Jarl Reitan
Rok vydání:	2013
Předmět:	Value (ethics) Medical model Vision business.industry Value sensitive design Applied psychology Psychological intervention business Psychology Psychosocial Risk management User-centered design Management
Zdroj:	Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Applications and Services for Quality of Life ISBN: 9783642391934 HCI (8)
Popis:	Ambient assistive technology (AAT) is envisioned as a powerful tool for facing the growing demands the demographic change toward an aging society puts on care. While AAT is often expected to increase the quality of life of older people, this paper holds that relevant interventions often embody values that can contradict such visions, and in some cases even be harmful to care receivers. We argue that the strong focus AAT puts on illness and risk management reflects a medical model of care, which often disregards the psychosocial challenges that impairments and disabilities associated with old age can rise. We suggest that design of AAT could benefit from using the social model of care as design inspiration and value foundation. Such an approach puts focus on the person rather than the illness. The paper ends by providing a short description of work in which the social model of care is adopted as a basis for design of AAT.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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