Technology and Care: Unlocking the Potential of Technology as Appropriate Support for Care Processes
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Technology and Care: Unlocking the Potential of Technology as Appropriate Support for Care Processes
To understand and strengthen the use of technology in care by identifying needs, expectations, and best practices; developing and implementing technological support tools; and providing guidance on their appropriate use based on individuals’ characteristics and needs.
Objectives
- Characterize current ways of using technology in care, the expectations associated with such use, the criteria that determine good practices in the use of technology, and the main technological support needs within the care process.
- Design, test, and implement technological tools to support the care process, considering the identified expectations, needs, and good practices.
- Generate a manual of good practices for the use of technology in care, according to the characteristics of the users, expected results, and target audiences.
Head Researcher
Andrés Aparicio
PhD in Arts, with a major in Theatre Studies and Practices, at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Computer and Systems Engineer, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana de Cali. Researcher at the School of Occupational Therapy in the Faculty of Rehabilitation Sciences and Quality of Life at the University of San Sebastián.
Felipe Muñoz La Rivera
PhD in Civil Engineering, Universitat Potilecnica de Catalunya, Spain. Professor, School of Civil Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso.
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Current students
Alfonso Fergusson
Doctoral student in Systems Engineering.
Gabriela Parra
Social worker and Master in Social Work and Policy. Phd in Social Welfare Policy at Universidad de Valencia. Her research focuses on ageing and social policy.
Samantha Sánchez
Sociologist from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and students of Master in Sociology at UC.
Claudia Guerra
Social worker at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (UC) and a student in Masterin Social Work at UC.