Title :
U-Care for the elderly: Implemenation of a Comprehensive Living and Health Care Network
Author :
Heng-Shuen Chen ; Han-Wei Zhang ; Mei-Ju Su ; Lai Jin-Shin ; Fei-Pei Lai ; Ching-Yu Chen
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Med. & Univ. Hosp., Dept. of Med. Inf., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei
Abstract :
Taiwan started to be an ´aging society´ from 1993, and the aging process will progress more rapidly due to markedly decreased child birth in recent year. Facing very high old age dependency ratio as 1 to 2 in year 2030 which means every two working age persons (age 15 - 64 years) have to support one elderly people. That would be an enormous burden for every family and society. In this study a U-Care system was developed and implemented in a satellite city region of Taipei metropolitan area in Taiwan, to provide a comprehensive living and health care service network for the elderly. The u-Health research team of National Taiwan University and Hospital collaborate with Cardinal Tien Hospital Young-Ho Branch, 17 primary care doctors and two living care service provider partners to provide integrated and continuous services for elderly people in home, community and institutional setting.
Keywords :
geriatrics; health care; U-Care system; aging process; aging society; elderly health care service network; elderly people; living care service provider; old age dependency ratio; u-Health research team; Aging; Biomedical informatics; Cardiac disease; Cardiovascular diseases; Computer science; Educational institutions; Hospitals; Medical services; Pediatrics; Senior citizens; elderly; living care; long term care; ubiquitous healthcre;
Conference_Titel :
e-Health Networking, Application and Services, 2007 9th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Taipei
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0942-X
DOI :
10.1109/HEALTH.2007.381627
