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Technical assistance is currently being promoted in the field of elderly care as a means of coping with the challenges of demographic change. Nursing is one area where such technicization is taking place. The implementation of assistive technologies in socially complex areas, such as nursing, requires integrating a wide range of actors and their interests to make full use of technological potential. Apart from their intended use, assistive technologies also produce non-intended effects. The design of innovative technologies must take this into account to prevent the technology from failing because of resistance and incompatibilities. This article uses nursing assistance as an example of technical assistance systems for geriatric care to discuss the social dimensions in relation to the desired technicization of nursing care and the fundamental conflicts that characterise technology development and implementation.
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Hergesell, J., Maibaum, A. (2018). Interests and Side Effects in the Technicization of Geriatric Care. In: Karafillidis, A., Weidner, R. (eds) Developing Support Technologies. Biosystems & Biorobotics, vol 23. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01836-8_16
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