A Research on Factors Influencing Disaster Response Capabilities of Elderly People at Home - Comparison between Past Experience in Earthquake -

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.

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Factors influencing the opioid response in advanced cancer patients with pain followed at home: the effects of age and gender

Supportive Care in Cancer ◽

10.1007/s005200050026 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 123-130 ◽

Cited By ~ 57

Author(s):

S. Mercadante ◽

A. Casuccio ◽

S. Pumo ◽

F. Fulfaro

Keyword(s):

Cancer Patients ◽

Advanced Cancer ◽

Advanced Cancer Patients ◽

Age And Gender ◽

Factors Influencing ◽

And Gender ◽

At Home

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Randomised trial of case finding and surveillance of elderly people at home

The Lancet ◽

10.1016/0140-6736(92)92548-t ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 340 (8831) ◽

pp. 1359

Author(s):

Michael Clarke ◽

Carol Jagger ◽

M.S.John Pathy ◽

Antony Bayer

Keyword(s):

Elderly People ◽

Randomised Trial ◽

Case Finding ◽

At Home

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Factors Influencing the Growth of Salmonella during Sprouting of Naturally Contaminated Alfalfa Seeds

Journal of Food Protection ◽

10.4315/0362-028x-71.5.888 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 71 (5) ◽

pp. 888-896 ◽

Cited By ~ 26

Author(s):

TONG-JEN FU ◽

KARL F. REINEKE ◽

STUART CHIRTEL ◽

OLIF M. VANPELT

Keyword(s):

Irrigation Water ◽

Effect Of Temperature ◽

Irrigation Frequency ◽

Mesophilic Bacteria ◽

Factors Influencing ◽

Alfalfa Seeds ◽

At Home

In this study, the factors that affect Salmonella growth during sprouting of naturally contaminated alfalfa seeds associated with two previous outbreaks of salmonellosis were examined. A minidrum sprouter equipped with automatic irrigation and rotation systems was built to allow sprouting to be conducted under conditions similar to those used commercially. The growth of Salmonella during sprouting in the minidrum was compared with that observed in sprouts grown in glass jars under conditions commonly used at home. The level of Salmonella increased by as much as 4 log units after 48 h of sprouting in jars but remained constant during the entire sprouting period in the minidrum. The effect of temperature and irrigation frequency on Salmonella growth was examined. Increasing the sprouting temperature from 20 to 30°C increased the Salmonella counts by as much as 2 log units on sprouts grown both in the minidrum and in the glass jars. Decreasing the irrigation frequency from every 20 min to every 2 h during sprouting in the minidrum or from every 4 h to every 24 h during sprouting in the glass jars resulted in an approximately 2-log increase in Salmonella counts. The levels of total aerobic mesophilic bacteria, coliforms, and Salmonella in spent irrigation water closely reflected those found in sprouts, confirming that monitoring of spent irrigation water is a good way to monitor pathogen levels during sprouting.

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