Next of Kin

Lars Rune Christensen

PH-Home WORKSHOP (PervasiveHealth 2010)

Research Article

Next of Kin

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2010.8823,
    author={Lars Rune Christensen},
    title={Next of Kin},
    proceedings={PH-Home WORKSHOP (PervasiveHealth 2010)},
    proceedings_a={PH-HOME},
    year={2010},
    month={6},
    keywords={Pervasive healthcare home elderly family participatory design},
    doi={10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2010.8823}
}

Lars Rune Christensen
Year: 2010
Next of Kin
PH-HOME
IEEE
DOI: 10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2010.8823

Lars Rune Christensen¹^,*

1: Centre for Pervasive Healthcare, Department of Computer Science, Aarhus University, Denmark

*Contact email: Lrc@cs.au.dk

Abstract

Family members may in a significant manner contribute to the care of the elderly. The paper discusses, on the basis of a field study, the involvement of family members in the care of elderly living independently in their own homes. It argues that it is prudent to include family members when designing pervasive healthcare for the home of the elderly. That is, it may be fruitful to include them as a category to be designed for as well as a group to be included in the participatory design process.

Keywords: Pervasive healthcare home elderly family participatory design

Published: 2010-06-07

: http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2010.8823