Technology-based innovation for independent living: policy and innovation in the United Kingdom, Scandinavia, and the United States.
Interest in utilizing technology to help older adults remain living at home is growing; however, uptake remains low. We present a conceptual framework for understanding independent living technology innovation within health and social services. Public policy and innovation in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Scandinavia are profiled as case studies. In all profiled countries, independent living technology is more rapidly advancing than associated state policy, regulation, and payment systems. The findings from this comparative analysis reveal areas for further exploration, including policy subsystem environments in which technologies and services are regulated, as well as trends and desires of older adults and their caregivers within particular cultural contexts.
a School of Social Welfare , University of California, Berkeley , Berkeley , California , USA.
Clara
C
Berridge
Peder Inge
PI
Furseth
Richard
R
Cuthbertson
Steven
S
Demello
D000368:Aged; D020811:Biomedical Technology; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D006299:Health Services for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D057187:Independent Living; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D011640:Public Policy; D012537:Scandinavian and Nordic Countries; D006113:United Kingdom; D014481:United States
aging in place; gerontechnology; health services; innovation; public policy