What Was (Also) at Stake When a Robot Bathtub Was Implemented in a Danish Elder Center
A Constructivist Secondary Qualitative Analysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4624420 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kirsten Beedholm (0000-0001-5952-9062, Aarhus University, corresponding author), Kirsten Frederiksen (0000-0002-2082-7094, Aarhus University), Kirsten Lomborg (0000-0002-5809-3508, Aarhus University) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 1424-1433 |
| Publication date | 2016-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Qualitative Health Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1049-7323 • E-ISSN: 1552-7557 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1049732315586550 |
| PMID | 25987583 |
| OpenAlex | W2304144219 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 20 |
Assistive technologies are often considered to be passive tools implemented in targeted processes. Our previous study of the implementation of the robot bathtub in a Danish elder center suggested that purposeful rationality was not the only issue at stake. To further explore this, we conducted a constructivist secondary qualitative analysis. Data included interviews, participant observations, working documents, and media coverage. The analysis was carried out in two phases and revealed that the bathing of the older people was constructed as a problem that could be offensive to the users' integrity, damaging to their well-being, and physically strenuous for the staff. The older users and the nursing staff were constructed as problem carriers. We conclude that technological solutions are not merely neutral and beneficial solutions to existing problems, but are rather part of strategic games contributing to the construction of the very problems they seek to solve
Bathing · Bathtub · Danish · Offensive · Operations research · Participant observation · Political science · Rationality · Sociology · Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility · Computer Science · Engineering · Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development · Medicine · Psychology · Technology Use by Older Adults
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2025 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |