at greatest risk of not receiving the full scope of care that they needed. Social care and technology: research, practice and policy Technology and care policy and practice While provinces are responsible for delivery of home and community care services, including care technologies, the federal government plays an important regulatory role regarding healthcare technologies. Under current legislation, care recipients can access technology and digital services through means-tested processes. The types of technologies typically available include emergency
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Technology is quickly becoming an integral part of care systems across the world and is frequently cited in policy discourse as pivotal for solving the ‘crisis’ in care and delivering positive outcomes.
Exploring the role of technology in Europe, Canada, Australia and Japan, this book examines how technology contributes effectively to the sustainability of these different care systems which are facing similar emergent pressures, including increased longevity, falling fertility and the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic.
It considers the challenges and opportunities of embedding technologies in care systems and the subsequent outcomes for older and disabled service users, carers and the care workforce.
unpaid carers, typically family members, neighbours or friends. Under the Care Act 2014, these unpaid carers also have a right to have their own needs (and means) assessed, with support provided subject to meeting similar eligibility criteria. Social care and technology: policy and practice in England Technology and care policy: funding, delivery, eligibility and key principles For the last 20 years, policy makers in England have advocated technology as one way to alleviate the ‘crisis’ in adult social care and improve outcomes, with over 25 UK government
Media technologies for play have become major industries in Japan and South Korea. Even in North Korea, citizens bypass the state to enjoy popular culture. At the same time, corporations and governments encourage people to produce economic values through play.
The first comparative study of media technologies in Japan and the two Koreas, this book illuminates the peculiar geopolitical relations between the three countries through their development and use of digital technologies. Drawing from political economy, cultural studies and technology studies, this book will be essential reading for researchers and students of media technologies and popular culture in Northeast Asia.
Technology in policy discourses is frequently cited as pivotal for ameliorating the global ‘crisis’ in care, delivering positive outcomes, and is increasingly part of care provision and arrangements across the world. This Policy Press Short will explore how, in different national contexts, technology is being deployed to contribute to the sustainability of care relationships, arrangements and services, and the achievement of well-being outcomes for older people. Our contributors examine technology policy, practice and research evidence from five countries
We cannot understand our relations with each other and with nature—and thus the current ecological and social double crisis of capitalism—without considering the “progress” of science and technology. According to the founding father of sociology, Max Weber, Western modernity is designed for world mastery . Weber ([1905] 1930 ) saw this as closely related to religion, and he fruitfully compared Judaism and Protestantism to Eastern belief systems; in the latter he diagnosed a tendency towards adjustment to the world instead. For our context, his juxtaposition
prevention, including preventive exercises, risk assessment at work, and social support from co-workers and supervisors. To address the shortage of care workers in LTC, comprehensive measures have been introduced by national government, including: improving the wage levels of LTC staff; recruiting and training a diverse workforce, such as senior volunteers; promoting care work to younger students; installing information and communication technologies for operational efficiency; and acceptance of migrant care labour. Nonetheless, the rates of job vacancies in the field of
different definitions of care. Geyer ( 2016 ) estimated that as many as 6 per cent of the total population aged 16 to 64 provide care to a family member (4–5 million people) ( Geyer, 2016 ; Unabhängiger-Beirat-Vereinbarkeit-Pflege-Beruf, 2019 ). The average weekly care commitment is estimated between 13.5 hours per week ( Institut-DGB-Index-Gute-Arbeit, 2018 ) and 18 hours per week ( Engstler and Tesch-Römer, 2017 ), but some primary caregivers provide care for up to 63 hours per week ( Hielscher et al, 2017 ). Social care and technology: policy and practice
119 7 Technology-based and multi-modal data gathering Chapter summary This chapter considers ethical issues in tech-based and multi-modal data gathering. It then looks at the potential role of technology in gathering data in more detail, focusing in turn on documents, video, smartphones and apps, online and other secondary data, and the use of technology for interviews. The chapter goes on to discuss multi-modal data gathering and gives several examples showing some of the many ways in which methods can be combined at this stage of the research process
177 11 Technology-based and multi-modal research reporting Chapter summary This chapter considers more of the ethical issues that arise at the reporting stage. It then discusses the role of social media in reporting, and collaborative reporting, and how that is often facilitated by technology. A brief look at technology in research reporting follows, then a more detailed examination of multi-modal reporting – which often includes the use of technology in one form or another. Introduction All writers are dependent on technology, even those who write longhand
