Older adults` sense of dignity in digitally led healthcare
BACKGROUND: Health ministries in Europe are investing increasingly in innovative digital technologies. Older adults, who have not grown up with digital innovation, are expected to keep up with technological shifts as much as other age groups. This is ethically challenging, as it may threaten a sense...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:9527352 2023-05-15T17:43:39+02:00 Older adults` sense of dignity in digitally led healthcare Raja, Moonika Uhrenfeldt, Lisbeth Galvin, Kathleen T Kymre, Ingjerd G 2022-06-20 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9527352/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35724431 https://doi.org/10.1177/09697330221095140 en eng SAGE Publications http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9527352/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35724431 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/09697330221095140 © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). CC-BY Nurs Ethics Original Manuscripts Text 2022 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1177/09697330221095140 2022-10-09T00:40:01Z BACKGROUND: Health ministries in Europe are investing increasingly in innovative digital technologies. Older adults, who have not grown up with digital innovation, are expected to keep up with technological shifts as much as other age groups. This is ethically challenging, as it may threaten a sense of dignity and well-being in older adults. RESEARCH OBJECTIVE: To clarify the phenomenon of sense of dignity experienced in older adults, concerning how their expectations and needs are met within the context of digitally led healthcare in Norway. RESEARCH DESIGN: A Reflective Lifeworld Research design was chosen, and purposive, in-depth interviews were conducted. PARTICIPANTS AND RESEARCH CONTEXT: The participants were 13 adults 75 years and older from Northern Norway, living at home and not receiving consistent assistance. ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS: Followed the principles of the Helsinki Declaration. This study was approved by the Social Science Data Services in Norway (project number 916119). Interviews were conducted carefully within a safe environment chosen by the participants. FINDINGS: Older adults experience that using new digital systems in healthcare makes them become dependent with experiences of helplessness. They feel an increased sense of dependency on other people, and that recognition can assail their experience of personal dignity. Older adults not only expect digitally led healthcare to give them a feeling of safety but also experience feeling insecure concerning privacy and loss of possibilities for dialogue with healthcare providers. They are met by demands from society, which they often struggle to achieve. CONCLUSION: The phenomenon of sense of dignity experienced in older adults, concerning how their expectations and needs are met within digitally led healthcare, indicates a sense of feeling lost in the digital world. Further, innovative healthcare lacks focus on ethical performance. This impacts their perception of dignity, as loss of dignity is noticed especially in its rupture. Text Northern Norway PubMed Central (PMC) Norway Nursing Ethics 29 6 1518 1529 |
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BACKGROUND: Health ministries in Europe are investing increasingly in innovative digital technologies. Older adults, who have not grown up with digital innovation, are expected to keep up with technological shifts as much as other age groups. This is ethically challenging, as it may threaten a sense of dignity and well-being in older adults. RESEARCH OBJECTIVE: To clarify the phenomenon of sense of dignity experienced in older adults, concerning how their expectations and needs are met within the context of digitally led healthcare in Norway. RESEARCH DESIGN: A Reflective Lifeworld Research design was chosen, and purposive, in-depth interviews were conducted. PARTICIPANTS AND RESEARCH CONTEXT: The participants were 13 adults 75 years and older from Northern Norway, living at home and not receiving consistent assistance. ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS: Followed the principles of the Helsinki Declaration. This study was approved by the Social Science Data Services in Norway (project number 916119). Interviews were conducted carefully within a safe environment chosen by the participants. FINDINGS: Older adults experience that using new digital systems in healthcare makes them become dependent with experiences of helplessness. They feel an increased sense of dependency on other people, and that recognition can assail their experience of personal dignity. Older adults not only expect digitally led healthcare to give them a feeling of safety but also experience feeling insecure concerning privacy and loss of possibilities for dialogue with healthcare providers. They are met by demands from society, which they often struggle to achieve. CONCLUSION: The phenomenon of sense of dignity experienced in older adults, concerning how their expectations and needs are met within digitally led healthcare, indicates a sense of feeling lost in the digital world. Further, innovative healthcare lacks focus on ethical performance. This impacts their perception of dignity, as loss of dignity is noticed especially in its rupture. |
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