Open AccessEXPLORING RECIPROCITY IN PERCEPTIONS ON TELECARE WITHIN THE INFORMAL CARER–CARE RECEIVER DYAD
Author(s) -
Simona Hvalič-Touzery,
Kaja Smole-Orehek,
Vesna Dolničar
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
teorija in praksa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.191
H-Index - 8
ISSN - 0040-3598
DOI - 10.51936/tip.58.3.840-859
Subject(s) - telecare , thematic analysis , perception , dyad , psychology , reciprocity (cultural anthropology) , older people , qualitative research , interdependence , nursing , applied psychology , medicine , telemedicine , gerontology , social psychology , health care , sociology , political science , social science , neuroscience , law
. Informal carers’ telecare acceptance decisionsdepend on how their care recipients perceive telecare,yet this relationship has not been researched very much.This article draws on qualitative data gathered frominformal carers to explore reciprocity in telecare perceptionswithin dyads of informal carers and care receivers.A 4-month intervention study was conducted from2018 to 2019 in the Central Slovenia region. A purposivesample of 22 older adults and their informal carerstested two telecare solutions. Thematic analysis wasconducted using Atlas.ti 8, with four themes emerging:1. the benefits of telecare use for older adults; 2. reluctance,rejection or negative perceptions of telecare; 3.the potential violation of older adults’ privacy; and 4.the importance of external and internal informationfor effective telecare use. This study confirms that thattelecare perception is dyadically interdependent.Keywords: assistive technologies, informal care, ageingin place, dyads, older adults