Comiskey Catherine M, Delaney Sarah, Galligan Karen, Dinsmore John, Keenan Mike, Cullen Kevin
School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.
Digit Health. 2018 Jun 5;4:2055207618780470. doi: 10.1177/2055207618780470. eCollection 2018 Jan-Dec.
Family carers provide 80% of care to older people in Europe. Our aim was to explore the needs and acceptability among informal carers, of a live video home monitoring system.
A descriptive qualitative design was implemented with nine interviewees and a focus group of five informal carers in Ireland in 2014. A thematic analysis of the data was conducted.
Ten hours of data were recorded. Three themes emerged: routine, risk, and acceptance. Although all assisted persons had a routine, carers not living in the home stated that cameras would assist with less tangible concerns such as nutrition and loneliness. Carers were interested in monitoring risks in specific situations rather than general monitoring. The majority of carers, while expressing concerns about privacy, accepted camera technology for monitoring emergencies and, in-spite of concerns, favoured a real video view. Acceptance in non-emergencies was mixed and concerns about the privacy of the assisted person were expressed.
While video monitoring is contentious, informal carers did express a willingness for real video-footage monitoring under strict conditions that addressed specific needs.
The challenge for technology is to address these needs while maintaining personal dignity.
在欧洲，家庭照料者为老年人提供了80%的照料服务。我们的目的是探讨非专业照料者对实时视频家庭监测系统的需求和接受程度。
2014年，在爱尔兰对9名受访者和一个由5名非专业照料者组成的焦点小组采用描述性定性设计进行研究，并对数据进行了主题分析。
记录了10小时的数据。出现了三个主题：日常生活、风险和接受度。虽然所有受助者都有日常生活规律，但不住在家里的照料者表示，摄像头有助于解决一些不太明显的问题，如营养和孤独感。照料者对监测特定情况下的风险感兴趣，而不是进行全面监测。大多数照料者虽然对隐私表示担忧，但为了监测紧急情况而接受了摄像头技术，而且尽管有所顾虑，但他们更喜欢实时视频画面。对于非紧急情况的接受度不一，且有人表达了对受助者隐私的担忧。
虽然视频监测存在争议，但非专业照料者确实表示，在满足特定需求的严格条件下，愿意接受实时视频画面监测。
技术面临的挑战是在满足这些需求的同时维护个人尊严。
