Our guidelines and position on the ethical use of AT for/by
people with dementia The ethical issues linked to the use of
assistive technology in dementia care - Contemplating the use of
AT - Organisation and implementation - How AT is used and its
ongoing use - Constant assesment - The ongoing development of AT
and its commercial distribution This section contains guidelines
for ethical decision making (i.e. suggestions of things to bear
in mind when trying to come to a particular decision). It is
impractical and perhaps even undesirable to try to make absolute
recommendations based on the application of particular ethical
principles. Ethical decision making is a complex task,
situations are rarely in effect identical and even those which
seem to be so, involve different people who may have different
perspectives and have different culturally-determined
assumptions. It is nevertheless possible to provide some general
guidelines and to share our position on certain issues. When
writing this document and drafti