2019
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.13012
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DIY gerontechnology: circumventing mismatched technologies and bureaucratic procedure by creating care technologies of one's own

Abstract: This study analyses 'Do-It-Yourself' (DIY) gerontechnologies and shows that they can be viable and valuable alternatives to 'ready-made' gerontechnologies. Using the concept of innosumption, we analyze the work of care workers in gerontechnology showrooms in Norway. We show how and why care workers will sometimes advice older adults to assemble DIY-gerontechnologies. Such DIYgerontechnologies are not high-tech solutions made by technology producers, but creative solutions that older adults' suit to their speci… Show more

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“…Here living labs may be a useful tool [113]. Living labs are sites to design, test and learn about new technologies in order to respond to particular societal, political and economic issues [114]. Living labs enable experimentation and exploration of new technologies such as care robots by involving a broad range of stakeholders like companies, universities, care organisations, older people and civil society.…”
Section: Course Of Action: How Do We Go From Here Towards Increasing mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Here living labs may be a useful tool [113]. Living labs are sites to design, test and learn about new technologies in order to respond to particular societal, political and economic issues [114]. Living labs enable experimentation and exploration of new technologies such as care robots by involving a broad range of stakeholders like companies, universities, care organisations, older people and civil society.…”
Section: Course Of Action: How Do We Go From Here Towards Increasing mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…untrennbarer Bestandteil der Lebenswelten älterer Menschen. Die technische Entwicklung und der demografische Wandel stehen zunehmend in einem Wechselverhältnis: Der demografische Wandel wird -vor dem Hintergrund der Entwicklung assistiver Technologien -zunehmend durch 1 Mit dem Begriff der "digitalen Technologien" bezeichnen wir digitale Informations-und Kommunikationstechnologien, also einerseits Computer, Laptop, Smartphone und, quer dazu liegend, verschiedene Anwendungsbereiche des Internets, andererseits "smarte" assistive Technologien aus dem AAL-Bereich.…”
Section: Gerontologische Forschung Zu Technik Und Alter(n)unclassified
“…B. [14,28]) schlagen Brücken zur Kulturgerontologie und zur qualitativen Gerontologie, indem sie die soziale Konstruktion des Alterns [1,4] mit einer materialistischen STS-Perspektive ergänzen: Alter(n) wird dabei nicht nur als soziale und kulturelle, sondern soziomaterielle Konstruktion verstanden [14].…”
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