Smart eldercare in Singapore: Negotiating agency and apathy at the margins

• Main Authors: KONG, Lily, WOODS, Orlando
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2018
• Subjects: Smart technology; Eldercare; Margins; Home; Ageing-in-place; Singapore; Asian Studies; Gerontology; Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration; Sociology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2659; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/3916/viewcontent/1_s20_S0890406518302287_main.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Around the world, smart technologies are being embraced as a cost-efficient means of enabling the elderly to be cared for in new, more non-proximate ways. They can facilitate ageing-in-place, and have the potential to relieve pressure on the providers of care. Yet, the fact is that the interface of...