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KMID : 0379220100300010159
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Journal of Korea Gerontological Society
2010 Volume.30 No. 1 p.159 ~ p.177
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Complementary IT for Elderly Care Activities: From Family Caregivers` Perspectives
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Lee Eue-Hun
Han Sae-Mee
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Abstract
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This study focused on elderly caring issues and proposes Information Technology (IT) as the complementary tool of care activities, and it was aimed to identify application and feasibility of complementary IT for elderly care activities. Focus Group Interview (FGI) was conducted with current and potential caregivers respondents to explore caregivers’ opinions and needs of care activities, and to suggest roles of IT which are helpful for elderly caregiving. The results showed that
caregivers desire to check elderly care receivers’ health, safety, and location whenever and wherever they want, and these caregivers’ needs can be satisfied with IT by supporting caring ubiquitously. Moreover, this article provided more specific guidelines of IT applications for elderly caring services, so it expected positive roles of IT for elderly caring activities. However, this paper consequently emphasized IT must focus on only supporting and complementary roles of caregiving activities rather than alternative roles to enhance caregivers’ caring efficiency and reduce their caring burden.
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KEYWORD
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Information Technology, caregiving activities, caregivers needs, IT, Ubiquitous
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