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When (how and why) is a social innovation innovative? : Legal philosophical and ethical derivations from the conditio humana
Z Gerontol Geriatr. 2023 Nov 10. doi: 10.1007/s00391-023-02257-1. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTOn the basis of a personalistic anthropology, the foundation values relevant to legal philosophy and ethics are problematized in the understanding of the innovativeness (as evaluative predication) of social innovations. Accordingly, social innovations must be normatively scaled beyond the market-oriented logic with a praxeological view on the personalizing metamorphoses of the culture of social practices towards a "good life" and their "juridical substance" (juridified ethical content in law) in social coexistence in the everyda...
Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie - November 10, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Frank Schulz-Nieswandt Source Type: research

Digital platforms to place informal helpers for home care: what benefits do providers see?
CONCLUSION: Besides beneficial aspects for organizations and users it was also possible to reconstruct potential benefits in relation to local care networks.PMID:37938317 | DOI:10.1007/s00391-023-02252-6 (Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie)
Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie - November 8, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Tobias W örle Jochen Geiselhart Christian Haushammer Dominik Bernhard Source Type: research

Implementation of fall sensors in long-term care : An interview study to identify promoting and inhibiting factors from the perspective of professional caregivers
DISCUSSION: The study demonstrated that there was a correspondence between expectations of and retrospective experiences with the new technology among professional nurses. The main facilitating factors of the implementation that were identified were timely information about the risk of falling or a fall that has occurred, maintenance of residents' autonomy and freedom of movement as well as the enhancement of the sense of security among nursing professionals and the associated psychological relief effect. The inhibiting factors of the implementation were compulsory presetting, false alarms and faulty handling of the techno...
Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie - November 8, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Marie-Christin Redlich Florian Fischer Source Type: research