User Perception of Smart Home Surveillance Among Adults Aged 50 Years and Older: Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Smart home technology (SHT) can be useful for aging in place or health-related purposes. However, surveillance studies have highlighted ethical issues with SHTs, including user privacy, security, and autonomy.

Objective

As digital technology is most often designed for younger adults, this review summarizes perceptions of SHTs among users aged 50 years and older to explore their understanding of privacy, the purpose of data collection, risks and benefits, and safety.

Methods

Through an integrative review, we explored community-dwelling adults' (aged 50 years and older) perceptions of SHTs based on research questions under 4 nonmutually exclusive themes: privacy, the purpose of data collection, risk and benefits, and safety. We searched 1860 titles and abstra

SUBMITTER: Percy Campbell J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10891486 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature