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AUTHOR
Karin Christiansen
Family caregivers’ involvement in caring for frail older family members using welfare technology: a qualitative study of home care in transition
Abstract Background Demographic, economic and organisational changes challenge home care services. Increased use of welfare technology and involvement of family members as co-producers of care are political initiatives to meet these challenges. However, these initiatives also involve ethical aspects. Method The aim of this qualitative study was to explore family caregivers’ experience of involvement and possible ethical aspects of caring for frail older family members receiving home care services supported by welfare technology. This study used a qualitative explorative and descriptive design within a phenomenological-hermeneutical approach. Sixteen interviews with eighteen family caregiver…
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Additional file 1. COREQ (Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Studies) checklist.