en عمومى General پژوهشي Research <span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:12pt"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><span style="letter-spacing:.2pt">Introduction:</span></span></b> <span style="font-size:9.5pt">Technology can improve the health care outcomes of the elderly. However, there are many barriers to the adoption of mobile monitoring and care systems (MMCs) by the elderly reported in literature. The main purpose of this research was to investigate why elderly people do not adopt MMCs to improve the quality of their health care.</span></span><br> <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><span style="letter-spacing:.2pt"></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><span style="letter-spacing:.2pt">Methods:</span></span></b> <span style="font-size:9.5pt">The study made use of semi-structured interviews to collect data in the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa. The study sample consisted of 15 purposively chosen study participants, representing a diverse racial profile, in order to investigate the adoption of MMCs of the elderly in their home environment.&nbsp; The interviews were analysed thematically.</span></span><br> <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><span style="letter-spacing:.2pt"></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><span style="letter-spacing:.2pt">Results:</span></span></b> <span style="font-size:9.5pt">The study found that social challenges like technology anxiety, the intrusive nature of the technology and attitude towards the technology will affect adoption of MMCs. Government need to address the standardisation, data governance and interoperability of the systems. The cost of MMCs were seen as an inhibitor, but could be off set against the perceived return on investment of health care. While the elderly acknowledged that MMCs can improve their independence, the design of the MMCs and training to use it was identified as barriers to the adoption.</span></span><br> <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><span style="letter-spacing:.2pt">Conclusion</span></span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><span style="letter-spacing:.2pt">: </span>The study, therefore, recommends collaborative engagements amongst government, business and the elderly to facilitate the adoption of MMCs in the elderly community to improve the quality of health care.</span></span></span><br> &nbsp; Adoption, Aging, Home Environment, Health, South Africa 98 103 http://ehj.ssu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-402-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Yolande Fotoyi No Department of Information Systems, University of Fort Hare, East London, South Africa Liezel Cilliers lcilliers@ufh.ac.za 0000-0001-9493-4311 Yes Department of Information Systems, University of Fort Hare, East London, South Africa