Autonomy in ICT for Older Persons at the Crossroads Between Legal and Care Practices

This contribution discusses two types of autonomy in ICT for older persons: autonomy in ICT for older persons as derived from the legal notions of privacy and data protection; and autonomy in ICT for older persons as an achievement on account of by care-in-practice in long-term care. Learning from these modes of enacting autonomy is important in order to prevent ICT for older people from getting trapped either in excessive proceduralised mechanisms or in coercive care practices that may disregard the autonomy of older people.

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