Table 1.

Methods and analytical process.

Context (3 case studies of AT)	Technology	Combined dataset	First order analysis	Second order analysis
Provision of support to older people living independently at home by 1) healthcare commissioning organisation in deprived boroughs in outer London and 2) social care organisation in mixed borough in the Midlands	Pendant alarms and base units supplied by technology companies, with alarm support services from various providers, supported by local councils.	47 index cases (end users of the technology) 82 semi-structured and narrative interviews; 61 ethnographic visits (∼80 h of observation); 20 h of observation at team meetings	Inductive analysis of dataset from case 2) identified reassurance as an important theme Followed by: Deductive analysis of cases 1 and 3 identified further data on reassurance	Analysis of the relations between people/tech/world in terms of: hermeneutic relations, embodiment relations, alterity relations, background relations and dissonant relations
3) Remote biomarker monitoring in heart failure patients living at home by acute hospital trusts in six different cities in UK	Tablet computer and Bluetooth-enabled commercially available sensing devices (blood pressure and heart rate monitor, weighing scales)