scholarly journals Optimization of furniture configuration for residential living room spaces in quality elderly care communities in Macao

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoxiao Wang ◽  
Ruiting Shi ◽  
Fangru Niu
Keyword(s):  
Elderly Care ◽  
Living Room ◽  
Residential Living

scholarly journals Optimization of Furniture Configuration for Residential Living Room Spaces in Quality Elderly Care Communities of Macao

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
XIAOXIAO WANG ◽  
Ruiting Shi ◽  
Fangru Niu ◽  
Siyang Liang
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Elderly Care ◽  
Living Conditions ◽  
Living Room ◽  
Dense Population ◽  
Aged People ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Residential Living ◽  
Research Analysis

Abstract Living conditions in Macao are characterized by dense population, land shortage, and old residences, especially on the Macao Peninsula. This paper explores the demands and living conditions of different types of aged residents of the Youhan Community of Macau by questionnaire survey and research analysis. The demands and living conditions are then classified and summarized through quantitative analysis, and their correlations are identified. Based on ergonomics and the physical, psychological, and behavioral habits of aged people, issues are identified that require attention when configuring furniture for different types of aged people in their residential living spaces. Finally, by combining the demands of different types of aged people with the issues that need attention, several criteria on interior furniture configuration are proposed for different types of aged people. This paper presents a preliminarily quantifiable model for living room furniture configuration from the perspective of aged people.

scholarly journals Behavior Estimation Based on Multiple Vibration Sensors for Elderly Monitoring Systems

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 489-497
Author(s):  
Shuai Shao ◽  
Naoyuki Kubota ◽  
Kazutaka Hotta ◽  
Takuya Sawayama ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Elderly Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Monitoring Systems ◽  
Living Room ◽  
Autocorrelation Coefficient ◽  
Vibration Data ◽  
User Behaviors ◽  
Vibration Sensors ◽  
Current State

Aging has become a global social issue nowadays. We want to provide an elderly care system for older people who live alone. Based on the perspective of an informationally structured space (ISS), we have developed a monitoring system by using high-precision vibration sensors. In preliminary experiments, we observed that the autocorrelation coefficient reflected periodic human activities to a certain extent. Therefore, we propose a time delay neural network (TDNN) with autocorrelation as the input to analyze the vibration data. The system can estimate the current state of the elderly. When the system observes any abnormal situation of the elderly, the system can confirm by voice or notify the caregiver, if necessary. In the experiments, we compared the proposed method with traditional TDNNs using raw data as the input. The results demonstrated that proposed methods had performed well when using vibration sensors to measure user behaviors in the bathroom and living room.

Section 4.a Introduction

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia PIZZOCARO ◽  
Pınar KAYGAN ◽  
HARMAN Kerry ◽  
Erik BOHEMIA
Keyword(s):  
Social Problems ◽  
Elderly Care ◽  
Child Poverty ◽  
Design Methods ◽  
Innovative Solutions ◽  
Design Council

Co-design is a process in which designers and users collaborate as ‘equals’ to develop innovative solutions. Co-design methods are increasingly used by professional designers to facilitate and enable users to co-develop innovative solutions for ‘themselves’. For example, the Design Council is advocating the use of co-design methods to support the development of practical innovative solutions to social problems such as increased cost of elderly care and tackling child poverty. The involvement of users in developing solutions acknowledges that their take up is dependent on the ways users create and negotiate meanings of objects and services.

Barriers versus promotion: Culturally sensitive healthcare for elderly Turkish migrants in Austria and Germany

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-46
Author(s):  
Nevin Altıntop
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Elderly Care ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Diversity Management ◽  
Culturally Sensitive ◽  
Turkish Migrants ◽  
Care Givers ◽  
Individual Care ◽  
Care Systems

What is the perception of Turkish migrants in elderly care? The increasing number of elder migrants within the German and Austrian population is causing the challenge of including them in an adequate (culturally sensitive) way into the German/Austrian health care system. Here I introduce the perception of elder Turkish migrants within the predominant paradigm of intercultural opening of health care in Germany as well as within the concept of diversity management of health care in Vienna (Austria). The qualitative investigation follows a field research in different German and Austrian cities within the last four years and an analysis based on the Grounded Theory Methodology. The meaning of intercultural opening on the one hand, and diversity management on the other hand with respect to elderly care will be evaluated. Whereas the intercultural opening directly demands a reduction of barriers to access institutional elderly care the concept of diversity is hardly successful in the inclusion of migrants into elderly care assistance – concerning both, migrants as care-givers and migrants as care-receivers. Despite the similarities between the health care systems of Germany and Austria there are decisive differences in the perception and inclusion of migrants in elderly care that is largely based on an 'individual care' concept of the responsible institutions. Finally, this investigation demonstrates how elderly care in Germany and Austria prepares to encounter the demand of 'individual care' in a diverse society.

Nursing Staff’s Perception of Spiritual Care on Haematology, Oncology and Elderly Care Wards

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-54
Author(s):  
Wanda Neary ◽  
Valerie Hillier ◽  
Derek Fraser
Keyword(s):  
Spiritual Care ◽  
Elderly Care

Tenants' Satisfaction in High Residential Building

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 41
Author(s):  
UMMU SHOLEHAH MOHD NOR
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Residential Building ◽  
Real Estate Market ◽  
The Real Estate ◽  
Level Of Satisfaction ◽  
Considerable Impact ◽  
Residential Living ◽  
Medium Cost

High residential living in Malaysia has not been widely given a significant emphasises in literature despite its increasing scale and significance in the real estate market. The significance of high rise is mainly due the increasing rate of migration from rural to urban. It is estimated a total of 77.2 percent of the Malaysian population lived in urban areas in 2020. Approximately, 30 percent of this urban population lives in strata housing. These percentages are predicted to continue to increase in the future. The emergence of high residential building has been argued as confronting various problems which has considerable impact on this life style. Satisfaction is an important outcome of living in one’s dwelling, although it is not the only consideration. High residential building in Malaysia encountered numerous problems in term of management aspects, legislation aspects, and residents’ satisfaction. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the tenants’ satisfaction living in high residential buildings in Klang Valley. The questionnaires survey is conducted amongst 276 tenants at low cost and medium cost HRB using random sampling in HRB located at areas under jurisdiction Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL), Majlis Bandaraya Subang Jaya (MBSJ), Majlis Bandaraya Shah Alam (MBSA), Majlis Bandaraya Subang Jaya (MBSJ), Majlis Perbandaran Selayang (MPS) and Majlis Perbandaran Ampang Jaya (MPAJ). The result from this study shows that tenant in medium cost residential building are more satisfied in term of facilities and management as compared to tenants in low cost residential building. Tenants also not disclosed to the existing act and procedure related to high residential building. In conclusion, this study suggested the Local Authority to emphasise the role of tenant. These recommendation hopefully will increase the level of satisfaction amongst the residents in HRB.

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