Meaningful technology for seniors: viewpoints for sustainable care service systems

Kentaro Watanabe (Corresponding author), Marketta Niemelä, Hannamaija Määttä, Hiroyasu Miwa, Ken Fukuda, Takuichi Nishimura, Marja Toivonen

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    Abstract

    Information Communication Technology (ICT) and Robotic Technology (RT) are considered as a key element to make elderly-care sustainable. However, the development and implementation of these technologies for elderly- care are still problematic. Especially for the application of these technologies in different countries, differences in care practices, policies and cultures could become barriers. To overcome these issues, the analysis of elderly- care from the service system perspective is a promising approach. In the scheme of Japanese-Finnish collaborative project "Meaningful Technology for Seniors: Safety, Comfort and Joy (METESE) -Models of Digital and Human Networks," this paper proposes important viewpoints toward care service systems for developing and implementing meaningful technologies for seniors and elderly-care, based on the literature/document survey on elderly-care and care technologies.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings of the 4th International Conference on Serviceology, ICServ2016
    PublisherSociety for Serviciology
    Publication statusPublished - 2016
    MoE publication typeA4 Article in a conference publication
    Event4th International Conference on Serviceology, ICServ 2016: Special session: Meaningful Technologies for Seniors - Tokyo, Japan
    Duration: 6 Sept 20168 Sept 2016

    Conference

    Conference4th International Conference on Serviceology, ICServ 2016
    Abbreviated titleICServ 2016
    Country/TerritoryJapan
    CityTokyo
    Period6/09/168/09/16

    Keywords

    • elderly-care
    • service systems
    • technology

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