Domestication of a Robotic Medication-Dispensing Service Among Older People in Finnish Lapland
Airola, Ella; Rasi, Päivi (2020). Domestication of a Robotic Medication-Dispensing Service Among Older People in Finnish Lapland. Human Technology, 16 (2), 117-138. DOI: 10.17011/ht/urn.202008245639
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Human Technology: An Interdisciplinary Journal on Humans in ICT EnvironmentsPäivämäärä
2020Tekijänoikeudet
©2020 Ella Airola & Päivi Rasi, and the Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä
This paper presents a case study on a robotic medication-dispensing service used
in the everyday lives of older people in Finnish Lapland through the concept of
domestication. The study took an ethnographic approach. A total of 11 service users,
practical nurses, and other health-care professionals participated; the service users
averaged age 81 years (M = 81.4, SD = 5.4). The data comprised semistructured interviews
complemented by observations and photographs at service users’ homes. We concluded that
the domestication of the service was successful, although the service users sometimes felt
that it limited their lives. The service users stated that learning and subsequently using the
service was easy with social network support. The participants indicated their reasons for
hesitation in using the service related primarily to concerns in trying new technology, the
technical features of the robot, and cognitive or physical difficulties. The service supports
“aging in place,” which is in line with the Finnish care policy
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