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| The meaning of everyday technology as experienced by people with dementia who live alone | | Author(s) | Louise Nygård |
| Journal title | Dementia: the international journal of social research and practice, vol 7, no 4, November 2008 |
| Pages | pp 481-502 |
| Source | http://www.dem.sagepub.com |
| Keywords | Information technology ; Telephone ; Usage [services] ; Dementia ; Living alone ; Qualitative Studies ; Sweden. |
| Annotation | Eight participants with mild to moderate stage dementia were included in this Swedish study which explored how people with dementia living alone experienced the meaning of their everyday technology, such as telephones and electronic equipment, and its use. Repeated interviews and observations were undertaken in each participant's home and surroundings. A phenomenological, interpretive method was adapted in the analysis. In summary, participants experienced their everyday technology to be embedded with both practical and existential meaning, as it could assist them in different ways in daily life as well as support their perceptions and presentation of themselves. Although important, habit and familiarity did not seem to provide them with enough support to continue using technology, unless the technology was experienced as very significant and incorporated in a bodily experience through continuous and very frequent practice. The abundance of experienced meanings and the significance of the technology in the participants' lives calls for further studies in order to better understand the conditions for managing everyday technology in home and society and, where relevant, to facilitate technology use in people with dementia. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090126205 A |
| Classmark | UVB: UJ: QLD: EA: K8: 3DP: 76P |
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