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Smart Home Technologies and Services for Geriatric Rehabilitation (eBook, ePUB)

Beschreibung

Smart Home Technologies and Services for Geriatric Rehabilitation provides a toolbox for healthcare stakeholders involved in decision-making for the design, development and implementation of smart home solutions. The book provides an in-depth look at the field of smart homes with readers from both research and practice in mind. It addresses the roles and contributions of smart home technologies and services in supporting geriatric rehabilitation and discusses the challenges of current practice and future innovation, especially with wireless technology and 5G advancements. This reference offers advice on how to implement solutions in the home, and how to framework the modalities of modifying and measuring responses to rehabilitation interventions in geriatric populations. Acceptability, usability and adherence are all considered. Content coverage includes how to navigate policies, regulations, standards and how to build business models. The book's editorial team is multidisciplinary, multisectoral, and from very different regions of the world, thus ensuring a comprehensive scope and global approach. - Offers an overview on the state-of-the-art, advanced technologies used in home healthcare to improve patient safety and care - Explores the challenges of current practices and discusses new perspectives for future innovations in geriatric rehabilitation services - Combines the technical aspects of computer science and technology design with the practical aspects of care giving

Technische Details

• Geräte: eReader
• ohne Kopierschutz

Barrierefreiheit

• Text-to-Speech
• E-Mail des Verlags für Barrierefreiheitsfragen: [e-mail]
• E-Mail eines vertrauenswürdigen Mittlers für Barrierefreiheitsfragen: [e-mail]
• Seitennummerierung folgt dem gedruckten Werk
• Mathematische Inhalte in MathML für assistive Technologien
• Text und Medien in logischer Lesereihenfolge angeordnet
• Navigierbarer Index mit direktem Zugriff auf Indexbegriffe
• Navigierbares Inhaltsverzeichnis für direkten Zugriff auf Text und Medien
• Keine Einschränkung der Vorlesefunktionen, außer bei spezifischen Ausnahmen

Autor

Mohamed-Amine Choukou (PhD) is Assistant Professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Manitoba and Adjunct Professor in the Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program. He is Research Affiliate in Riverview Health Centre and the Centre on Aging. Dr. Choukou is also an Associate Researcher in the Quebec Rehabilitation Research Network. He is the founder of the Rehabilitation Technologies Lab of The University of Manitoba where he leads government- and government-private funded research focusing on finding technology-enabled interventions to help older adults live independently with dignity, thereby reducing caregiver burden and improving healthcare allocation and service provision. Dr. Choukou is the author of dozens peer-reviewed articles and proceedings and 7 book chapters, and he presented his research work in more than 50 conferences around the world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Oktober 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780323851923
• Artikelnr.: 62776202