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Digital care at home : exploring the role of smart consumer devices
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dc.contributor.author | Reid, Louise Anne | |
dc.contributor.author | Sisel, Grace | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-02-20T10:30:19Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-02-20T10:30:19Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023-03-01 | |
dc.identifier | 282658866 | |
dc.identifier | 042f9810-5e25-4b2f-ba8b-eeaa4215709c | |
dc.identifier | 85148325303 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Reid , L A & Sisel , G 2023 , ' Digital care at home : exploring the role of smart consumer devices ' , Health & Place , vol. 80 , 102961 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2022.102961 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1353-8292 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0003-0577-1210/work/129708499 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/27013 | |
dc.description | Funding: Royal Society of Edinburgh (62651), Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland (RIG008250), University of St Andrews (StARIS). | en |
dc.description.abstract | In-home ‘smart’ consumer devices such as voice assistants, doorbells, thermostats, and lightbulbs have been advocated by organisations in the UK such as the RNIB, Alzheimer Scotland, and the NHS. Yet the use of these devices, which are not purposely designed as care devices and therefore are not subject to evaluation and regulation, has been neglected in the academic literature. This paper reports on a study which examined 135 Amazon reviews of 5 ‘top-selling’ smart devices, concluding that such devices are being used to supplement informal caring, albeit in different ways. The implications of this phenomena are necessary to consider, specifically the consequences for ‘caring webs’ and expectations about the future role of digital devices within the landscape of informal caring. | |
dc.format.extent | 7 | |
dc.format.extent | 449857 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Health & Place | en |
dc.subject | GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography | en |
dc.subject | T Technology | en |
dc.subject | E-DAS | en |
dc.subject | MCC | en |
dc.subject.lcc | GF | en |
dc.subject.lcc | T | en |
dc.title | Digital care at home : exploring the role of smart consumer devices | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.contributor.sponsor | The Royal Society of Edinburgh | en |
dc.contributor.sponsor | Carnegie Trust | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Centre for Energy Ethics | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Geographies of Sustainability, Society, Inequalities and Possibilities | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Geography & Sustainable Development | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.healthplace.2022.102961 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | Award ID: 62651 | en |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | RIG008250 | en |
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