Dementia Education

Technogenarians

Liberating the wanderers: using technology to unlock doors for those living with dementia Johanna M. Wigg Sociology of Health & illness Special issue: Technogenarians: studying health and illness through an ageing, science, and technology lens. Abstract This paper focuses on surveillance technologies applied to wandering elders in dementia care facilities in the United States. Drawing… …Continue Reading

Sociology Of Health And Illness

Liberating the wanderers: using technology to unlock doors for those living with dementia Johanna M. Wigg Abstract This paper focuses on surveillance technologies applied to wandering elders in dementia care facilities in the United States. Drawing on data collected in two long-term care settings, I examine how different forms of technology (e.g. locked doors and… …Continue Reading