[Partnership in the context of care dependency].

Background: Partners are one of the largest groups of caring relatives in Germany and are therefore very important for the maintenance of the German care system. For this reason, this article deals with coping with care situations in partnerships as well as with resources and ambivalences.

Objective: The background to this article is the project "Care in the neighborhood" (PiQ).

New Perspectives on User Participation in Technology Design Processes: An Interdisciplinary Approach.

Background And Objectives: Technologies can enable older adults to participate in social life. These technologies need to be designed so that their benefits are obvious and older users are willing and able to use them. Although user participation has gained importance, participants are frequently not representative of the diversity of potential user groups, so that actual requirements are often not met.