Ageing; technology and home care

Argumentaire

This book focuses on home as a site of care, with new technologies and for elderly population. It pulls together findings from research in the social sciences and common knowledge of the actors themselves, especially stakeholders
involved in the design, delivery and receipt of ?care in place'. It offers a wide-ranging discussion of key issues raised in
both the academic and grey literature in relation to new technologies and responsibilities for health care at home.
Then, it identifies critical issues arising from the development of these new care technologies in relation to their design
and implementation.

It will provide an essential resource for the EU in helping to avoid expensive and inappropriate development and
healthcare systems that do not meet the needs of users and citizens.

Maggie Mort is a sociologist of science and technology. She is Senior Lecturer and Director of Postgraduate Research at the Institute for Health Research and Co-Director of the Centre for Science Studies, Lancaster University, UK.

Christine Milligan, Institute for Health Research, Lancaster University, UK. Celia Roberts, Dept. of Sociology, Lancaster University, UK Ingunn Moser is director of research on Science, Technology and Culture in the Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture at the University of Oslo, Norway.