New Technology and Emerging Spaces of Care

Abstract

New Technology and Emerging Spaces of Care is a multi-disciplinary edited collection that explores the key challenges and implications wrought by changes in new technologies, care contexts and care relationships—both formal and informal. As with many edited collections, themes are wide ranging from SmartHomes, through biological remote preventive monitors/sensors to telecare alarms to alert help. The care contexts examined include home care, hospital care, intermediate and experimental reminiscence environments. The book is international in sweep. The book is formed of two parts: first, home-based care, which is largely linked to social care debates, and Part Two, which, as the title suggests, is mainly concerned with new technology use in institutional contexts and is more health care driven. Chapters include work on the changing meanings of home, care and technology (Milligan et al.), informatisation of care contexts and securitisation of space (Lopez), the hybridising and tensions of space through home redesign that mixes personal home space with care work space (Lindegaard and Broderson), the potential for robotics in care contexts (Paterson), ethical technology considerations for people with dementia (Thygesen and Moser) and reminiscence work through recreated technological space (Bendien et al.).