‘For older folks like me, these things are over us...’: the challenge of embedding iPadsin everyday life within a long-term care facility

Castleton, Alexander; Cid, Alejandro; Silva, Derek

dc.rights.license	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional	*
dc.contributor.author	Castleton, Alexander
dc.contributor.author	Cid, Alejandro
dc.contributor.author	Silva, Derek
dc.date.accessioned	2022-10-05T15:11:04Z
dc.date.available	2022-10-05T15:11:04Z
dc.date.issued	2020	es
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12806/1392
dc.format.extent	pp. 167-181	es
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf	es
dc.language	eng	es
dc.relation.ispartof	Educational Gerontology, vol. 46, n° 4, 167-181	es
dc.rights	Abierto	es
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/	*
dc.title	‘For older folks like me, these things are over us...’: the challenge of embedding iPadsin everyday life within a long-term care facility	es
dc.type	Artículo	es
dc.contributor.filiacion	Castleton, Alexander. Carleton University, Canada	es
dc.contributor.filiacion	Cid, Alejandro. Universidad de Montevideo, Uruguay	es
dc.contributor.filiacion	Silva, Derek. King’s University College at Western University, Canada	es
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1080/03601277.2020.1720321	es
dc.type.version	Enviada	es
dc.description.abstractenglish	As smartphones, tablets, and myriad computing devices increasingly permeate the public sphere, the adoption, navigation, and utilization of modern technologies continues to be an interesting field of research for scholars of technology and society. Much research has focused on the introduction of ICTs in older people, but it has generally understood them as external factors who act as a sort of independentvariable thatimpactsthe seniors’ lives. There remains a dearth of empirical research into how aging and technology areco-constructed (Neven and Peine, 2018). We therefore contribute to this field by analyzing the development and establishment of a sociotechnical network in a long-term care facility that housesseniorsin Montevideo, Uruguay. Deploying qualitative ethnographic research comprised of semi-structured interviews, jottings, and field notes, we explore the adoption of new ICTs, and the corresponding actor-network, by seniors who have typically resisted such technology. Our findings suggest that not only was the establishment of the sociotechnical network rife with complexities, disruptions, and fissures, but that the user was heavily influenced by her self-perception of the potentialities of modern ICTs.	es
dc.subject.keyword	Technology	es
dc.subject.keyword	Actor-network theory	es
dc.subject.keyword	Postphenomenology	es
dc.subject.keyword	Tablet	es
dc.subject.keyword	ICT	es
dc.subject.keyword	Older people	es