Reassembling the elderly consumption ensemble: retaining independence through smart assisted living technologies

Figures & data

Table 1. Overview over the informants comprising the four assemblages studied.

	Assemblage 1	Assemblage 2	Assemblage 3	Assemblage 4
Informants (gender, age)	elderly (F, 86)*+ daughter (F, 62)*+ son-in-law (M, 64)+ grandson (M, 27) caregiver (F, 56)	elderly (F, 84)* son (M, 65)* caregiver (F, 41)	elderly (M, 81)*+ daughter (F, 59)*+ son-in-law (M, 63)+	elderly (M, 77)+ son (M, 52)+ caregiver (F, 47)
Length of use	> 1.5 years	>1.5 years	>1 year	<6 months
Interviews	7	5	5	3

*Informants with whom a follow-up interview was performed.

+Informants who were interviewed and observed at home.

Figure 1. An elderly consumption assemblage including the alarm system.

Figure 2. Stratification of consumer experiences emerging from paired capacities in the elderly consumer-alarm system experience assemblage.

Figure 3. Stratification of consumer experiences emerging from paired capacities in the relative-companion app experience assemblage.

Figure 4. Zoomed-In view of the relative-companion app experience assemblage.