Dr. Clara Berridge
Presented by Dr. Clara Berridge, PhD, MSW, Postdoctoral Fellow for the
Center for Gerontology and Healthcare Research at Brown University
DATE: Monday, September 14, 2015
TIME: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
LOCATION: 415 Shillman Hall
The technological generational shift from active personal emergency response systems to passive continuous monitoring installed in the living spaces of older adults has raised concerns about the invasion of privacy, yet how do we ask questions about new technology-based care practices that appear to challenge existing expectations and meanings of privacy?
In this presentation, I will describe findings from a study that examines the ways in which users and former users of a sensor-based remote monitoring system make sense of its relationship to their privacy. Forty-nine in-depth interviews were conducted with elder residents, family members, and staff of ethnically diverse, low-income independent living residence apartment buildings where the passive monitoring system had been offered for six years. Five diverse ways of articulating privacy emerged. These themes lend themselves to Julie Cohen’s boundary management framework, provoking the question of how the introduction of passive monitoring changes boundaries and tools for managing them. Analyses identify where boundary intrusion can occur in practice, as well as how changes to technology design and procedures could create opportunities for residents to manage their own boundaries according to their privacy needs.
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For more information: Berridge, C. (2015). Breathing room in monitored space: The impact of passive monitoring technology on privacy in independent living. The Gerontologist. DOI:10.1093/geront/gnv034