Caregivers for the elderly in Thailand: development and evaluation of an online support system

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 112-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sukontip Wongpun ◽  
Sumanta Guha
Keyword(s):  
Support System ◽  
User Satisfaction ◽  
Elderly Care ◽  
Informal Caregivers ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Care Plan ◽  
Online Support ◽  
Case Based Reasoning ◽  
Care Information ◽  
Online Support System

Informal caregivers are playing a major role in helping elderly people with their activities in daily life. The purpose of this work is to develop an Online Support System for Elderly Care (OSSEC) to provide services for informal caregivers in Thailand. The system has six modules which are: patient and caregiver profile manager, elderly care recommender applying case-based reasoning, daily care plan manager, elderly care activity notifier, elderly care information resource locator and caregivers’ social interaction platform. We have established the utility of OSSEC in enhancing the knowledge and ability of informal caregivers and in reducing their stress. In particular, we measured quantitatively the usefulness of OSSEC and evaluated user satisfaction as well.

scholarly journals Survey to Inform the Development of an Online Support System for Higher Education Students <br>—Higher Education and Online Support

Health ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (03) ◽  
pp. 351-364 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rhianna Goozée ◽  
Marietta Papadatou-Pastou ◽  
Elizabeth Barley ◽  
Mark Haddad ◽  
Patapia Tzotzoli
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Support System ◽  
Online Support ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Online Support System

scholarly journals Towards a Better Perspective on Elderly Care: A Case Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 91-112
Author(s):  
Takahiro Miyo
Keyword(s):  
Elderly Care ◽  
Study Participant ◽  
Good Health ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Care Plan ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Care Plans ◽  
Individual Care ◽  
Concrete Experience ◽  
Future Care

The percentage of the elderly is increasing on a worldwide scale, and Japan has the highest in the world. Under this difficult demographic situation, how well the elderly can live their later lives is a very important question. The purpose of this study was to find out how the elderly in good health can envisage their future lives in which they need care from others, which may help the elderly make their own care-plans. I conducted semi-structured interviews with one married elderly couple, who had had various experiences of caring for their old parents. While recalling their old days when they used to care for their parents, they were also asked to envisage their own future lives, in which they will need care from others. Based on qualitative descriptive analyses of their interview data, a highly individual care-plan emerged for each study participant. It was suggested that the ways their old parents lived in their later lives, as well as their experiences of caring for them, were strongly reflected in their own future care-plans. In order to envisage one’s realistic future in which he/she needs care from others, concrete experience of relevance may be necessary, which would make it possible to discuss frequently his/her own future life with family, friends, and medical providers.

scholarly journals Development of ACROSSnet: an online support system for rural and remote community suicide prevention workers in Queensland, Australia

2005 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 275-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danielle L. Penn ◽  
Lyn Simpson ◽  
Gavin Edie ◽  
Susan Leggett ◽  
Leanne Wood ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Suicide Prevention ◽  
Support System ◽  
Online Support ◽  
Rural And Remote ◽  
Remote Community ◽  
Online Support System

Environment to inspire network users (ETINU) The development of a complete online support system

1997 ◽  
Vol 29 (15) ◽  
pp. 1777-1785
Author(s):  
Christine Cahoon ◽  
George Dunn ◽  
Majella McCarron ◽  
George Munroe
Keyword(s):  
Support System ◽  
Online Support ◽  
Online Support System
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