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Electronic assistive technology — benefits for all?
Author(s)	John Gatward
Journal title	Housing, Care and Support, vol 7, no 4, December 2004
Pages	pp 13-17
Source	Website: http://www.pavpub.com
Keywords	Assistive technology ; Information technology ; Housing [elderly].
Annotation	For more than a decade, there has been a powerful drive towards providing care services to older and disabled people in their own homes. Technology is beginning to provide devices and systems to help do this in a practical way that not only benefits service users and their carers, but also has the potential to be very cost-effective. However, the ethics of telecare will increasingly demand attention. Problems of social isolation are likely to be exposed by those care systems that are designed to use electronic assistive technology. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-050127207 A
Classmark	M: UVB: KE
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