Digitala hjälpmedel i äldreomsorgen : En diskursanalys av den svenska dagspressens framställning av digitala hjälpmedel i relation till äldreomsorgens och äldre personers behov

Sammanfattning: The aim of this study was to analyze how high-tech assistive technology in the elderly care are represented in selected Swedish newspapers during the time between August 2018 and March 2020. The initial perspective of this study was to conduct a discourse analysis based on social constructivism. I have investigated what daily newspapers describe to be central needs for the elderly care and for elderly people. I have also looked at what the daily newspapers describe to be important for elderly people during implementation of high-tech assistive technology in the Swedish elderly care. In the study’s result, I concluded the need for autonomy was central for what the daily newspapers described as important for elderly people. The result also showed that the daily newspapers described high-tech assistive technology to be important for the organization, due to shortage of staff and demographic challenges.