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| Healthcare in the home - the impact of technology on the delivery of services for older people | | Author(s) | Simon Brownsell, Kevin Doughty |
| Journal title | BASEline, no 65, November 1997 |
| Pages | pp 3-17 |
| Keywords | Living in the community ; Technology ; Emergency devices ; Alarm systems. |
| Annotation | The effects of new sensors and monitoring systems on the delivery of care to an ageing population are discussed in terms of cost, service benefits, the attitudes of clients, and the role of responders and wardens. Technological devices are proposed, that can provide overall gains for all groups, provided that each new element is perceived as being non-intrusive and designed to deliver an improved service or an additional benefit to the client. For private dwellings, these include: emergency alarms; fall detectors; smoke, heat or flood alarms; intruder alarms; and the Electronic Doctor (TED). Various forms of sensors are recommended for sheltered housing. Some of the technologies described are likely to be more widely available in the next five years. Smart Homes are also being built by housing associations which make use of such monitoring systems. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980709208 A |
| Classmark | K4: Y9: OU: OV |
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