DocumentCode
517765
Title
Next of kin
Author
Christensen, Lars Rune
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Aarhus Univ., Aarhus, Denmark
fYear
2010
fDate
22-25 March 2010
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
4
Abstract
Family members may in a significant manner contribute to the care of the elderly. The paper discusses, on the basis of a field study, the involvement of family members in the care of elderly living independently in their own homes. It argues that it is prudent to include family members when designing pervasive healthcare for the home of the elderly. That is, it may be fruitful to include them as a category to be designed for as well as a group to be included in the participatory design process.
Keywords
geriatrics; health care; social sciences computing; elderly people care; family members; kin; pervasive healthcare; Aging; Cities and towns; Cognition; Computer aided software engineering; Computer science; Medical services; Process design; Senior citizens; Surgery; Wheelchairs; Pervasive healthcare; elderly; family; home; participatory design;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (PervasiveHealth), 2010 4th International Conference on-NO PERMISSIONS
Conference_Location
Munich
Print_ISBN
978-963-9799-89-9
Electronic_ISBN
978-963-9799-89-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2010.8823
Filename
5482230
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