Technology-Based Innovation for Independent Living: Policy and Innovation in the United Kingdom,Scandinavia, and the United States |
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| Authors: | Clara Berridge Peder Inge Furseth Richard Cuthbertson Steven Demello |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USAclarab@berkeley.edu;3. Department of Innovation and Economic Organisation, BI Norwegian Business School, Oslo, Norway;4. Oxford Institute of Retail Management, Sa?d Business School, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom;5. Co-Director of Health Care, Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA |
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| Abstract: | 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. |
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| Keywords: | aging in place gerontechnology health services innovation public policy |
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