A novel model of integrated care for the elderly: COPA, Coordination of Professional Care for the Elderly

Telehealth and telecare have been heralded as major mechanisms by which frail elderly people can continue to live at home but numerous pilot studies have not led to the adoption of these technologies as mainstream contributors to the health and social care of people in the community. This paper reviews why dissemination has proved difficult and concludes that one problem is that these technologies require considerable organisational changes if they are to be effective: successful implementation is not just a technical design issue but is a sociotechnical design challenge. The paper reviews the plans of 25 health communities in England to introduce integrated health and social care for the elderly. It concludes that these plans when implemented will produce organisational environments conducive to the mainstream deployment of telehealth and telecare. However, the plans focus on different kinds of integrated care and each makes different demands on telehealth and telecare. Progress on getting mainstream benefits from telehealth and telecare will therefore depend on building a number of different sociotechnical systems geared to different forms of integrated care and incorporating different forms of telehealth and telecare.

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Customer Happiness and Open Innovation in the Esthetics Education for the Elderly Generation

Journal of Open Innovation Technology Market and Complexity ◽

10.3390/joitmc5040086 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 5 (4) ◽

pp. 86

Author(s):

Shin ◽

Yeom ◽

Park

Keyword(s):

Open Innovation ◽

Research Method ◽

The Elderly ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Economic Issue ◽

Korean Society ◽

Korean People ◽

Care For The Elderly ◽

Professional Care ◽

Self Administered Questionnaire

In Korean society, where aging is rapidly progressing, the happiness of the elderly is no longer an economic issue. An esthetics program has the effect of improving depression or low self-esteem to increase psychological and physical satisfaction, which is a good way to raise the happiness index of the elderly. However, there is a lack of esthetics education or esthetics programs in Korea to train estheticians to serve elderly people. This study confirmed the possibility of open innovation through esthetics education to increase the happiness index of the elderly. As a research method, a self-administered questionnaire was used to survey 572 estheticians and analyzed statistically. In this study, Korean estheticians were very positive about the need for the development of professional care programs for the elderly, and it was found that they are willing to care for the elderly. Developing a variety of esthetic programs through the training of professional manpower for the elderly in the future will contribute to enhancing the happiness index of elderly Korean people.

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Training of nursing students in integrated care for the elderly

Revista Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologia ◽

10.1590/1981-22562018021.170137 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 21 (2) ◽

pp. 186-193 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Wanderson Carneiro Moreira ◽

Ana Raquel Batista de Carvalho ◽

Eliana Campêlo Lago ◽

Fernanda Cláudia Miranda Amorim ◽

Delmo de Carvalho Alencar ◽

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Keyword(s):

Nursing Students ◽

Integrated Care ◽

Exploratory Study ◽

Holistic Approach ◽

The Elderly ◽

Qualitative Approach ◽

Training Process ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

University Center ◽

Care For The Elderly

Abstract Objective: To analyze training in integrated health care for the elderly from the perspective of nursing students. Method: A descriptive and exploratory study with a qualitative approach was carried out using the action research method with the participation of 24 nursing students from a university center in Piauí, Brazil. Data were obtained through semi-structured interviews and submitted to content analysis. Results: Two thematic categories emerged: Perspectives on aging, violence and sexuality and A holistic approach to the elderly: integrating training and care. Conclusion: The perspective of the students on integrated care for the elderly is fragmented, stemming from the limitations of the training process for such care.

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