Study on the New Model of Voluntary Service for the Aged at Home—Taking Dongguan D Volunteer Service Project for Respect for the Elderly as an Example

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 2900-2906
Author(s):  
欣倩 余
Keyword(s):  
The Elderly ◽  
Voluntary Service ◽  
New Model ◽  
Volunteer Service ◽  
Service Project ◽  
At Home

A new medical Internet system in healthcare: innovation of Telegeriatrics and healthcare demands of older patients of different age groups (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Gong ◽  
Jianyuan Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Cardiovascular Diseases ◽  
General Practitioners ◽  
Older Patients ◽  
Metabolic Diseases ◽  
Treatment Plan ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Diagnosis And Treatment ◽  
World Health ◽  
New Model

BACKGROUND Healthcare for older patients is a worldwide challenge for public health system. A new medical Internet system in healthcare which is a new model of telegeriatrics system has been established. The key innovation is the new telegeriatrics system was conducted jointly by general practitioners in the Community Health Service Center and specialists in university teaching hospital. Unlike the typical telemedicine that has been practiced in other countries, the new model provides a solution for the key issues in telemedicine where a doctor is unable to conduct a direct physical examination and the associated potential diagnostic error. OBJECTIVE This study is to introduce the operation mechanism of the new Telegeriatrics system and analyze healthcare demands of older patients in different age groups applying the new Telegeriatrics system. METHODS 472 older patients (aged≥60) were enrolled and divided into the young older group (aged 60 to 74), the old older group (aged 75 to 89) and the very old group (aged≥90) according to the age stratification of World Health Organization. Proportion of the top 10 diseases of older patients of different age groups was analyzed. RESULTS The process of older patients’ diagnosis and treatment made by specialist and general practitioners formed a closed loop. It ensures the timeliness and effectiveness of diagnosis and treatment of older patients. The treatment effect can be observed by general practitioners and specialist can adjust the treatment plan in time. In this study, it was found that older patients in different age groups have different healthcare demands. Coronary heart disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus were found to be the main diseases of the older patients and the young older patients as well as the old older patients applying Telegeriatrics. CONCLUSIONS The new telegeriatrics system can provide convenient and efficient healthcare services for older patients and overcome the disadvantage of currently used models of telegeriatrics. Older patients in different age groups have different medical care demands. Cardiovascular diseases and metabolic diseases have become the main diseases of the elderly applying the new Telegeriatrics system. Healthcare policy makers should invest more medical resources to the prevention of cardiovascular diseases and metabolic diseases in the elderly.

scholarly journals The Effect of Loneliness on Death Anxiety in the Elderly During the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
pp. 003022282110105
Author(s):  
Türkan Akyol Guner ◽  
Zeynep Erdogan ◽  
Isa Demir
Keyword(s):  
Death Anxiety ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Average Score ◽  
City Center ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
North West ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Scale Scores ◽  
Education Status ◽  
At Home

The aim of the study is to determine the effect on death anxiety of loneliness in the elderly during the COVID-19 pandemic. The population of this study that is descriptive and cross-sectional type consist of 354 elderly who meet the inclusion criteria from three different associations operating for charitable purposes in a city center located in north-west Turkey. The average score of Loneliness Scale of Elderly (LSE) of the elderly was determined as 11.39 ± 5.31, and the average score of Death Anxiety Scale (DAS) of the elderly was determined as 8.54 ± 4.82. According to these results, it was found that the elderly experienced acceptable levels of loneliness and moderate death anxiety. A statistically significant difference was found in the LSE and DAS scores of the elderly according to their age, marital status, education status, chronic illness status and living at home with relatives. In addition, during the COVID-19 epidemic, the scale scores of the elderly who have increased worries, who have a hobby at home, and who communicate with their relatives via social media/mobile phones were found to be statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A look at the elderly at home and abroad

1980 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 158-162
Author(s):  
Lenore B. Weinstein
Keyword(s):  
The Elderly ◽  
At Home

Clothing for the elderly at home and in nursing homes

1986 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 343-356 ◽  
Author(s):  
ELSA ROSENBLAD-WALLIN ◽  
MARIANNE KARLSSON
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Homes ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
At Home

scholarly journals Oral health status in a group of the elderly population residing at home

Gerodontology ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. e761-e767 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haviye Erverdi Nazliel ◽  
Nur Hersek ◽  
Murat Ozbek ◽  
Ergun Karaagaoglu
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Elderly Population ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Oral Health Status ◽  
At Home

CARE OF THE ELDERLY SICK AT HOME WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY IS IT?

The Lancet ◽  
1976 ◽  
Vol 308 (7995) ◽  
pp. 1127-1129 ◽  
Author(s):  
L.T Opit ◽  
S.M Shaw
Keyword(s):  
The Elderly ◽  
At Home

Homicide among the Elderly: The Metro Dade County Experience, 1979–83

1986 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 259-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arthur R. Copeland
Keyword(s):  
Blunt Trauma ◽  
Cause Of Death ◽  
Gunshot Wound ◽  
White Male ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Medical Examiner ◽  
Dade County ◽  
Homicide Victim ◽  
At Home

The elderly homicide victim was studied. A total of 129 homicide cases in which the decedent was aged 65 years or more were collected from the records of the Office of the Medical Examiner between the years 1979–83. The cases were then analysed as to age, race, sex, cause of death, results of toxicology, and scene circumstances. The protatypical victim was found to be a 65– to 85-year-old white male who died from either a gunshot wound or blunt trauma resulting from a robbery or burglarly at home. Suggestions are given on how to avoid such tragedies.

Lessons Learnt from the Socio-Technical Design of Social TV Services with Elderly

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Malek Alaoui ◽  
Myriam Lewkowicz
Keyword(s):  
Elderly People ◽  
Social Engagement ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Technical Design ◽  
Communication Services ◽  
Open Questions ◽  
Living Lab ◽  
Social Tv ◽  
The Social ◽  
At Home

Encouraging elderly people to stay at home as long as possible is associated with a higher risk of social isolation. Nowadays, aging well at home cannot be reduced to the management of physical and cognitive frailties and technologies should also tackle the quality of life of the elderly by fostering their social interactions. However, designing appropriate services and ensuring their adoption remain open questions, to which we try to provide answers at the methodological and instrumental levels. The authors present here a Living Lab approach to design communication services for elderly people at home. They illustrate this approach by describing their participation in a European project aiming at developing and evaluating Social TV services and they conclude with recommendations for the successful socio-technical design of services that foster the social engagement of elderly people.

scholarly journals RFID-Based Human Behavior Modeling and Anomaly Detection for Elderly Care

2010 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 341-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui-Huang Hsu ◽  
Chien-Chen Chen
Keyword(s):  
Anomaly Detection ◽  
Intelligent System ◽  
Elderly Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Behavior Modeling ◽  
Abnormal Behavior ◽  
Daily Movement ◽  
Movement Data ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
At Home

This research aimed at building an intelligent system that can detect abnormal behavior for the elderly at home. Active RFID tags can be deployed at home to help collect daily movement data of the elderly who carries an RFID reader. When the reader detects the signals from the tags, RSSI values that represent signal strength are obtained. The RSSI values are reversely related to the distance between the tags and the reader and they are recorded following the movement of the user. The movement patterns, not the exact locations, of the user are the major concern. With the movement data (RSSI values), the clustering technique is then used to build a personalized model of normal behavior. After the model is built, any incoming datum outside the model can be viewed as abnormal and an alarm can be raised by the system. In this paper, we present the system architecture for RFID data collection and preprocessing, clustering for anomaly detection, and experimental results. The results show that this novel approach is promising.

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