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No place like home? — surveillance and what home means in old age
Author(s)	W Ben Mortenson, Andrew Sixsmith, Robert Beringer
Journal title	Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 35, no 1, March 2016
Publisher	Cambridge University Press, March 2016
Pages	pp 103-114
Source	journals.cambridge.org/cjg
Keywords	Technology ; Electronic alarm systems ; Assistive technology ; Accident prevention ; Evaluation ; Attitude ; Social ethics ; Canada.
Annotation	New surveillance technologies like those included in ambient assisted living - such as body-worn and passive environmental sensors, smart interfaces and communications networks - are being developed to improve the security and safety of `at risk' older people, but ethical questions have been raised about the extent to which they compromise the rights and privacy of the people being monitored. This qualitative study was designed to help understand the ways these novel surveillance technologies would influence individuals' everyday experiences of home. Participants felt new forms of surveillance would influence their sense of security, autonomy, and self-confidence, and would alter perceptions of home. The findings emphasise the need to improve understanding of how ambient assisted living will affect the lives of those being monitored. (JL).
Accession Number	CPA-160520214 A
Classmark	Y9: OV:YA6: M: OQ: 4C: DP: TQ: 7S
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