Digital Welfare for the Third Age - Health and Social Care Informatics for Older People

Informationen zum Autor Brian D. Loader is Co-Director of the Social Informatics Research Unit! Department of Sociology! University of York. Michael Hardey is Reader in Sociology at the Hull/York Medical School and the Department of Social Sciences at the University of Hull.Leigh Keeble is a Development Officer in local government! and previously a Research Fellow at the University of York. Zusammenfassung This book is about the ways digital technology can contribute to the welfare of older people. It provides original contributions from leading academics and researchers in the field to access the evidence for improved professional integration and user-centred health and social care services for older people arising from health informatics. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction Part 1: Towards Integrated Service Provision? 2. Are there Limits to the Integration of Care for Older People?3. Partnership in assessment? A case study of integrated information sharing Part 2: User-Centred Assessment and Autonomy 4. Perspectives on Telecare: Implications for Autonomy, Support and Social Inclusion 5. ICTs and Healthcare: User-Centred Devices and Patient Work 6. Networked carers: digital exclusion or digital empowerment? Part 3: Integrated User Design 7. Making sense of sensors: older people’s and professional caregivers’ attitudes towards telecare8. The performativity of a volunteer based telecare service 9. From have nots to watch dogs: understanding internet health communication behaviors of online senior citizens

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• Authors: Brian D. Loader, Brian D. (Director Loader, Brian D. (University of York Loader, Brian D. Hardey Loader, D. Loader Brian, LOADER BRIAN D DIRECTOR COMMUN
• Assisted by: Michael Hardey (Editor), Michael (Hull York Medical School Hardey (Editor), Hardey Michael (Editor), Leigh Keeble (Editor), Leigh (University of York Keeble (Editor), Brian D. Loader (Editor), Brian D. (University of York Loader (Editor), Loader Brian D. (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.12.2008
• EAN: 9780415454087
• ISBN: 978-0-415-45408-7
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Eldercare, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, Communication Studies, Care of the elderly