Older People in a Connected Autonomy? Promises and Challenges in the Technologisation of Care

This paper offers an ethnographic interpretation of how in a changing context of family care different Spanish home telecare services provide older people with social links to prevent their isolation, granting them ?connected autonomy?: the promotion of their autonomy and independent living through...

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Main Authors: Miquel Domènech, Tomás Sánchez Criado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas (CIS) 2015-01-01
Series:Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas (REIS)
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Online Access:http://reis.cis.es/REIS/PDF/REIS_152_07_ENGLISH1444301400036.pdf