Author: Jan A. M. Graafmans
Publisher: IOS Press
ISBN: 9789051993677
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
This publication is concerned with gerontechnology - the study of technology and ageing with the aim of improving the functioning of older people in daily life. The first part of the book is a compilation of the key-note addresses describing the background for and the conditions under which the emerging field of gerontechnology can be developed further. The chapters deal with political, socio-economic, ethical, demographic issues related to gerontechnology. Furthermore, methodological approaches in human factors, ergonomics and industrial design are described. Trends in technological developments and innovations conclude the first volume. The second part presents some 80 case studies, divided over 9 sections (1) perception and cognition, (2) communication technology, (3) mobility and transport, (4) health and home care technology, (5) housing, (6) training and education, (7) safety and security, (8) product design and (9) culture and attitudes.
Gerontechnology
Author: Jan A. M. Graafmans
Publisher: IOS Press
ISBN: 9789051993677
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
This publication is concerned with gerontechnology - the study of technology and ageing with the aim of improving the functioning of older people in daily life. The first part of the book is a compilation of the key-note addresses describing the background for and the conditions under which the emerging field of gerontechnology can be developed further. The chapters deal with political, socio-economic, ethical, demographic issues related to gerontechnology. Furthermore, methodological approaches in human factors, ergonomics and industrial design are described. Trends in technological developments and innovations conclude the first volume. The second part presents some 80 case studies, divided over 9 sections (1) perception and cognition, (2) communication technology, (3) mobility and transport, (4) health and home care technology, (5) housing, (6) training and education, (7) safety and security, (8) product design and (9) culture and attitudes.
Publisher: IOS Press
ISBN: 9789051993677
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
This publication is concerned with gerontechnology - the study of technology and ageing with the aim of improving the functioning of older people in daily life. The first part of the book is a compilation of the key-note addresses describing the background for and the conditions under which the emerging field of gerontechnology can be developed further. The chapters deal with political, socio-economic, ethical, demographic issues related to gerontechnology. Furthermore, methodological approaches in human factors, ergonomics and industrial design are described. Trends in technological developments and innovations conclude the first volume. The second part presents some 80 case studies, divided over 9 sections (1) perception and cognition, (2) communication technology, (3) mobility and transport, (4) health and home care technology, (5) housing, (6) training and education, (7) safety and security, (8) product design and (9) culture and attitudes.
DHHS Publication
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Category : Public health
Languages : en
Pages : 124
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Category : Public health
Languages : en
Pages : 124
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Aging
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Category : Geriatrics
Languages : en
Pages : 540
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Category : Geriatrics
Languages : en
Pages : 540
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Aging
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Category : Older people
Languages : en
Pages : 1026
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Category : Older people
Languages : en
Pages : 1026
Book Description
Old People's Homes and the Production of Welfare
Author: Bleddyn Davies
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040007589
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
In 1980 old people comprised over half the clients of Local Authority Social Services Departments and accounted for about half of their resources, yet until then residential care of the aged had been a backwater of both research and practice. During the 1970s a large research literature had developed on the subject, particularly in the United States. However, studies had been partial in their focus on issues, making no attempt to draw together their arguments to create a model that described and evaluated competing theories about what it is that determines the quality of residential life. Originally published in 1981, Bleddyn Davies and Martin Knapp filled that gap in this book. The authors discuss not only the theoretical arguments about residential care and the degree to which those theories had been verified by research, but also how far the factors considered to be important had been successfully measured, considering the choices to be made between alternative varieties of care that had grown up so rapidly in the previous five years. The authors conclude with an analysis of how their approach should contribute to the discussion of issues that was to be faced by British policy-makers in the 1980s as our welfare systems attempted to cope with the increasing numbers of the very old.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040007589
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
In 1980 old people comprised over half the clients of Local Authority Social Services Departments and accounted for about half of their resources, yet until then residential care of the aged had been a backwater of both research and practice. During the 1970s a large research literature had developed on the subject, particularly in the United States. However, studies had been partial in their focus on issues, making no attempt to draw together their arguments to create a model that described and evaluated competing theories about what it is that determines the quality of residential life. Originally published in 1981, Bleddyn Davies and Martin Knapp filled that gap in this book. The authors discuss not only the theoretical arguments about residential care and the degree to which those theories had been verified by research, but also how far the factors considered to be important had been successfully measured, considering the choices to be made between alternative varieties of care that had grown up so rapidly in the previous five years. The authors conclude with an analysis of how their approach should contribute to the discussion of issues that was to be faced by British policy-makers in the 1980s as our welfare systems attempted to cope with the increasing numbers of the very old.
Current Catalog
Author: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Publisher:
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Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description
First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.
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Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description
First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.
The Hispanic Elderly
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Category : Hispanic Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 186
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Category : Hispanic Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 186
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Drugs and the Elderly Adult
Author: Meyer D. Glantz
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Category : Aged
Languages : en
Pages : 348
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Publisher:
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Category : Aged
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Handbook of Gerontological Services
Author: Abraham Monk
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231516228
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 722
Book Description
-- Social Work
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231516228
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 722
Book Description
-- Social Work
The Older Adult as Learner
Author: D. Barry Lumsden
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780891162117
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780891162117
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description