Care Networking: A Study of Technical Mediations in a Home Telecare Service
Care Networking: A Study of Technical Mediations in a Home Telecare Service
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DOI：
10.3390/ijerph10073072
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发表时间：
2013-07-01
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通讯作者：
Domenech, Miquel
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作者：
Correa, Gonzalo;Domenech, Miquel
本文探讨了家庭护理网络内的技术调解过程的基础上，针对老年人的家庭远程护理的研究。作为科学技术社会心理学的一部分，行动者网络理论的贡献的支持下，这些过程的技术调解进行了分析，使用定性的方法。这些数据是通过六个焦点小组和四次深入访谈收集的;研究的参与者包括用户，亲属和正式护理人员。主题分析技术，包括信息，揭示了照顾关系的模式的影响。结果显示了设备使存在和不存在之间的相互作用;老年人和人工制品之间的双向护理方向;以及使用该技术维持护理的过程。我们的结论是，护理应被视为一个社会技术网络，技术在维持家庭关系中发挥着积极的作用。
This article examines the processes of technical mediation within familial care networks based on a study of home telecare targeted at older people. Supported by contributions from the actor-network theory as part of the social psychology of science and technology, these processes of technical mediation are analyzed using a qualitative approach. The data were gathered through six focus groups and four in-depth interviews; the participants in the study included users, relatives and formal carers. Thematic analysis techniques encompassing the information were used, revealing the effects on the patterns of caring relationships. The results show the interplay between presence-absence made possible by the devices; the two-way direction of care between the older people and the artifacts; and the process of sustaining care using the technology. We conclude that care should be seen as a socio-technical network where technology plays an active role in sustaining family relationships.