This paper focuses on the complex and intimate setting of domestic home care. The majority
of care for chronically ill people is realized by non-professionals, the relatives, who are often …

Awareness of the huge amount of work faced by relatives in caring for a person suffering
from a loss of autonomy has led to research focusing on ways to ease the burden on …

This article offers an exploration of home care work and the design of computational devices
in support of such work. We present findings from a field study and four participatory design …

Supporting independent living for the ageing population in later life is an often-cited
application area for ubiquitous computing. Telecare services such as remote monitoring …

We report findings from a study that set out to explore the experience of older people living
with assisted living technologies and care services. We find that successful 'ageing in …

Informal caregivers, such as family members and friends, are important for maintaining the
health and wellness of the elderly and the chronically ill. However, the complexity of informal …

Until recently, informal care (provided by relatives and friends) has been overlooked by
policy-makers in the context of long-term care for dependent older people. Driven by …

OBJECTIVES: The present study aims to augment the network of home care around elderly.
We investigate the nature of cooperative work between relatives and home care workers …

In Sweden, a country with one of the highest public spending on long term care, there is also
extensive informal care, ie unpaid care by family, friends, or neighbours. In this article, we …

In Dutch policy and at the societal level, informal caregivers are ideally seen as essential
team members when creating, together with professionals, co‐ordinated support plans for …