Nothing Else Matters! Trade-Offs Between Perceived Benefits and Barriers of AAL Technology Usage.

ABSTRACT: Ambient assisted living (AAL) technologies present one approach to counter the challenges of demographic change in terms of an aging population, rising care needs, and lacking care personnel by supporting (older) people in need of care and enabling a longer and more independent staying at own home. Although the number of studies focusing on AAL users' acceptance and perception has increased in the last years, trade-off decisions-the weighing of perceived benefits and barriers of technology usage-have not been studied so far. Nevertheless, this is of high relevance: A realistic evaluation of adoption behaviors in different stakeholders (patients, care personnel) requires an understanding of exactly the weighing process of benefits against the barriers in line with the decision of the final

SUBMITTER: Offermann-van Heek J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6581733 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature