ABSTRACT

An aging society characterized by rising numbers of people in need of assistance and care poses tremendous challenges for care services, hospitals, families, and the whole society. Using assisting technologies represents a potential support and relief for aged individuals, people in need of care, and their caregivers. Despite their advantages, existing concerns and barriers regarding these technologies (e.g., data security, privacy) impede the user’s acceptance. Beyond that, acceptance and the perception of technology-related benefits and barriers depend on the diversity of the future users: e.g., their cultural background as well as attitudes toward aging and care. Applying an online questionnaire, this article aims at an exemplary comparison of Turkish and German participants’ perceptions and acceptance of using lifelogging cameras as technical application. This study investigates how participants of the two countries handle and evaluate the topics aging and care, and to what extent these attitudes are connected with the perception and acceptance of assisting technologies. Findings revealed significant differences between Turkish and German participants’ attitudes, their perceptions of benefits and barriers as well as acceptance of lifelogging cameras. The results indicated that assisting technologies have to be tailored specifically to the respective users.

摘要

以需要帮助和护理的人数不断增加为特征的老龄化社会，对护理服务，医院，家庭和整个社会构成了巨大挑战。使用辅助技术代表了对老年人，需要照料的人及其照料者的潜在支持和救济。尽管具有这些优点，但有关这些技术的现有担忧和障碍（例如，数据安全性，隐私性）阻碍了用户的接受。除此之外，对技术相关收益和障碍的接受程度和认识还取决于未来用户的多样性：例如，他们的文化背景以及对老龄化和护理的态度。申请在线问卷，本文旨在通过示例性比较土耳其和德国参与者对使用生命记录相机作为技术应用的看法和接受程度。这项研究调查了两国参与者如何处理和评估衰老和护理这一主题，以及这些态度在多大程度上与对辅助技术的认知和接受有关。调查结果显示，土耳其和德国参与者的态度，他们对收益和障碍的看法以及接受生活记录相机的态度之间存在显着差异。结果表明，辅助技术必须专门针对各个用户进行定制。这些态度在多大程度上与对辅助技术的感知和接受有关。调查结果显示，土耳其和德国参与者的态度，他们对收益和障碍的看法以及接受生活记录相机的态度之间存在显着差异。结果表明，辅助技术必须专门针对各个用户进行定制。这些态度在多大程度上与对辅助技术的感知和接受有关。调查结果显示，土耳其和德国参与者的态度，他们对收益和障碍的看法以及接受生活记录相机的态度之间存在显着差异。结果表明，辅助技术必须专门针对各个用户进行定制。