Safe at home with assistive technology. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ingrid Kollak, editor.
• Editors: Kollak, Ingrid
• Contents: Prerequisits.- Living safely and actively in and around the home Four applied examples from avatars and ambient cubes to active walkers.- Using gaze control for communication and environment control How to find a good position and start working.- Caring TV – for older people with multimorbidity living alone Positive feedback from users in Berlin and rural Mecklenburg-West Pomerania.- Arm rehabilitation at home for people with stroke: staying safe Encouraging results from the co-designed LifeCIT pro-gramme.- Telemonitoring in home care Creating the potential for a safer life at home.- Empowering the elderly and promoting active ageing through the Internet The benefit of e-inclusion programmes.- Use and development of new technologies in public wel-fare services A user-centred approach using step by step communication for problem solving.- Parents' experiences of caring for a ventilator-dependent child: a review of the literature.- Evaluation and outcomes of assistive technologies in an outpatient setting – a technical-nursing science approach.- Assistive technology for people with dementia: ethical considerations.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (230 pages)
• Subjects: 681/.761; Self-help devices for people with disabilities; Self-Help Devices; Accidents, Home -- prevention & control; Safety Management; Quality of Life; Self-help devices for people with disabilities
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319428901
• Related ISBNs: 9783319428895
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.