TY - JOUR
T1 - Ethics and acceptance of smart homes for older adults
AU - Pirzada, Pireh
AU - Wilde, Adriana
AU - Doherty, Gayle Helane
AU - Harris-Birtill, David
N1 - Funding: The research is funded by School of Computer Science, University of St Andrews and St Leonard College for Pireh Pirzada's PhD thesis.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Societal challenges associated with caring for the physical and mental health of older adults worldwide have grown at an unprecedented pace, increasing demand for health-care services and technologies Despite the development of several assistive systems tailored to older adults, the rate of adoption of health technologies is low. This review discusses the ethical and acceptability challenges resulting in low adoption of health technologies specifically focused on smart homes for older adults. The findings have been structured in two categories: Ethical Considerations (Privacy, Social Support, and Autonomy) and Technology Aspects (User Context, Usability, and Training). The findings conclude that older adults community is more likely to adopt assistive systems when four key criteria are met. The technology should: be personalized toward their needs, protect their dignity and independence, provide user control, and not be isolating. Finally, we recommend researchers and developers working on assistive systems to: (1) provide interfaces via smart devices to control and configure the monitoring system with feedback for the user, (2) include various sensors/devices to architect a smart home solution in a way that is easy to integrate in daily life, and (3) define policies about data ownership.
AB - Societal challenges associated with caring for the physical and mental health of older adults worldwide have grown at an unprecedented pace, increasing demand for health-care services and technologies Despite the development of several assistive systems tailored to older adults, the rate of adoption of health technologies is low. This review discusses the ethical and acceptability challenges resulting in low adoption of health technologies specifically focused on smart homes for older adults. The findings have been structured in two categories: Ethical Considerations (Privacy, Social Support, and Autonomy) and Technology Aspects (User Context, Usability, and Training). The findings conclude that older adults community is more likely to adopt assistive systems when four key criteria are met. The technology should: be personalized toward their needs, protect their dignity and independence, provide user control, and not be isolating. Finally, we recommend researchers and developers working on assistive systems to: (1) provide interfaces via smart devices to control and configure the monitoring system with feedback for the user, (2) include various sensors/devices to architect a smart home solution in a way that is easy to integrate in daily life, and (3) define policies about data ownership.
KW - Ethics
KW - Smart home
KW - Ambient-assisted living
KW - Assistive technology
KW - Ethical aspects
U2 - 10.1080/17538157.2021.1923500
DO - 10.1080/17538157.2021.1923500
M3 - Review article
SN - 1753-8157
VL - 47
SP - 10
EP - 37
JO - Informatics for Health and Social Care
JF - Informatics for Health and Social Care
IS - 1
ER -