Deciding about the use of a Personal Safety Alerting Device-The need for a legitimation process: A qualitative study.

Aims: To explore reasons, thoughts, motives, and influencing factors regarding the use or non-use of Personal Safety Alerting Devices (PSADs) in the daily lives of community-dwelling older persons.

Design: A qualitative descriptive study design was used.

Methods: Six focus groups were conducted with a total of 32 older persons between February-August 2016.