Bringing The Outside In: Technology for Increasing Engagement with the Outside World among Rural Housebound Older Adults

Gillian Louise Dowds; Lorna Jennifer Philip; Margaret Currie

Bringing The Outside In: Technology for Increasing Engagement with the Outside World among Rural Housebound Older Adults

Gillian Louise Dowds, Lorna Jennifer Philip, Margaret Currie

The James Hutton Institute

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Abstract

Chronic conditions can impede an individual’s ability to engage in activities that promote wellbeing in later life. Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) can potentially offer benefits to well-being through novel modes of interaction, which could be particularly beneficial for older adults living with chronic conditions in rural areas. This paper reports on findings drawn from semi-structured interviews conducted with older adults, who were predominantly housebound and living with chronic conditions in rural North-East Scotland. It explores how interviewees retained social contacts, the types of activities their chronic conditions prevented them from doing and their attitudes towards enhancing involvement in social activities. These findings guide the development of novel ICT, which aims to enhance individual well-being and the wider integration of older, largely housebound rural adults, into the social lives of the communities in which they live.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Places of possibility?
Subtitle of host publication	Rural societies in a neoliberal world
Publisher	European Society for Rural Sociology
Pages	29-30
Number of pages	2
Publication status	Published - Aug 2015
Event	The XXVI European Society for Rural Sociology Congress - Aberdeen, United Kingdom Duration: 18 Aug 2015 → 21 Aug 2015

Conference

Conference	The XXVI European Society for Rural Sociology Congress
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Aberdeen
Period	18/08/15 → 21/08/15

Bibliographical note

This project is supported by the award made by RCUK Digital Economy Theme to dot.rural Digital Economy hub, EP/G066051/1.

Keywords

older adults
rural
social engagement
technology

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Dowds, G. L., Philip, L. J., & Currie, M. (2015). Bringing The Outside In: Technology for Increasing Engagement with the Outside World among Rural Housebound Older Adults. In Places of possibility?: Rural societies in a neoliberal world (pp. 29-30). European Society for Rural Sociology. http://esrs2015.hutton.ac.uk/sites/www.esrs2015.eu/files/ESRS%202015%20on-line%20proceedings.pdf

Bringing The Outside In: Technology for Increasing Engagement with the Outside World among Rural Housebound Older Adults. / Dowds, Gillian Louise ; Philip, Lorna Jennifer; Currie, Margaret.
Places of possibility?: Rural societies in a neoliberal world. European Society for Rural Sociology, 2015. p. 29-30.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Published conference contribution

Dowds, GL , Philip, LJ & Currie, M 2015, Bringing The Outside In: Technology for Increasing Engagement with the Outside World among Rural Housebound Older Adults. in Places of possibility?: Rural societies in a neoliberal world. European Society for Rural Sociology, pp. 29-30, The XXVI European Society for Rural Sociology Congress, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, 18/08/15. <http://esrs2015.hutton.ac.uk/sites/www.esrs2015.eu/files/ESRS%202015%20on-line%20proceedings.pdf>

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