scholarly journals The Way of Improvement of Quality of Life of Older Persons as Users and Maintainers of Technical Means

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 520-528
Author(s):  
Andrzej Wieczorek
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Older Persons ◽  
Information Resources ◽  
The Future ◽  
Multidisciplinary Model ◽  
The Way

Abstract In the article the way of improvement quality of life as users and maintainers of technical means is presented. It is assumed that it is necessary to keep the fundamental of sustainable development. Therefore the application of the scheme of the process of satisfying needs is shown. It helps establish the activities necessary to achieve this goal and enables to plan required information resources. In the range of exploitation and design tasks the application of original strategy of exploitation by older persons was proposed. This strategy uses 6R method which in the future will be supplemented on elements commonly executed strategies and policies of exploitation. Decision making in accordance with proposed strategy will be possible by performing calculations and simulation with the use of multidisciplinary model, whose conception was indicated in the article and which uses matrix of assessment of the quality of life.

Older Persons’ Ethical Problems Involving Their Health

2002 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 537-556 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miriam E Cameron
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Older Persons ◽  
Ethical Decision ◽  
Ethical Decision Making ◽  
Good Death ◽  
Ethical Problems ◽  
Contextual Understanding

Although older persons (aged 65 years and older) experience stressful ethical problems involving their health, research is lacking about this phenomenon. The purpose of this study was to describe and examine the content and basic nature of older persons’ ethical problems concerning their health. The conceptual framework and method combined ethical enquiry and phenomenology. The participants were 18 older persons and 12 of their children or grandchildren (for contextual understanding). The 19 women and 11 men, 73% of whom were Caucasian, described 184 ethical problems, from which emerged 10 content categories. The basic nature of the ethical problems consisted of conflict, resolution and rationale. The results could assist health professionals to promote older persons’ ethical decision making, quality of life, and good death.

scholarly journals The Theoretical Foundations of Management in Terms of the Implementation of the Process of Globalization and Sustainable Development in the Real Sphere

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-69
Author(s):  
Franciszek Piontek ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Economic Growth ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Technological Progress ◽  
Necessary Conditions ◽  
Sufficient Condition ◽  
Effectiveness And Efficiency ◽  
Theoretical Foundations

The implementation of a process of globalization and sustainable development based on management requires integration. It can be ensured by the rules of universal operation: on the side of the process of globalization, it is necessary to recognize economic growth as a component of development and recognize the primacy of development over growth, verifying the functions of the rules of universal operation, and limiting the paradigms of deregulation (YES = NO= CAN BE); the primacy of federal integration over structural one; the application of management in accordance with the nature of the sphere covered by management and open to the exemplification of the functions and rules of universal operation; on the side of sustainable development: the use of the process of globalization solutions in the field of technological progress, institutional procedures, which contribute to improving the quality, effectiveness and efficiency (quality of life). In addition to necessary conditions, decision-making will be necessary, which is a sufficient condition.

scholarly journals Editorial

2019 ◽  
pp. 7-8
Author(s):  
Maryory Astrid Gómez Botero ◽  
Sebastián Isaza Ramírez
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Mobile Internet ◽  
New Information ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Way

The world's population increases every year and resources are limited, consequently the humanity faces the need to reinvent the way of living. As population grows, it is expected that in the coming years, the majority of people will live in urban areas. Thus urgent need to have cities where the well-being of people and the sustainability of the environment can be guaranteed [1]. In the last decade, the integration of sensor technologies, mobile internet, and information technology, has allowed the development of countless systems seeking to achieve the aforementioned objectives for the cities of the future. A Smart City can be defined as one that is able to take advantage of its own data, produced during its daily operation, in order to generate new information that allows it to improve its management and be more sustainable, more competitive, and offer better quality of life, thanks to participation and collaboration of all agents involved [2].

A qualitative exploration of family carer’s understandings of people with dementia’s expectations for the future

Dementia ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 147130122092954
Author(s):  
Sheridan T Read ◽  
Christine Toye ◽  
Dianne Wynaden
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Family Carers ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Grounded Theory Method ◽  
People With Dementia ◽  
Care Partners ◽  
The Future ◽  
Constant Comparative Analysis

Background There is little evidence that outlines how family carers understand the person with dementia’s perspective, values and anticipated future needs. Whilst people with dementia should be consulted about their own quality of life and care values, carers – otherwise known as care partners – require such understandings to ensure that the support the person receives into the future upholds their quality of life and is consistent with what they desire. Aim This research aimed to explore and describe family carers’ experience of supporting the person with dementia to maintain their quality of life by understanding how carers developed an awareness and understanding of the person with dementia’s expectations for the future and what they believed was important for the person to whom they provided care. Method Using an application of the grounded theory method, data were collected from 21 carers during semi structured interviews and analysed using constant comparative analysis. Findings Four categories emerged from the data: Knowing the person, Process of decision making, Maintaining normalcy and quality of life and Out of their control. Discussion This study provides insights into how carers developed awareness of the expectations of people with dementia. Findings also illuminate carers’ perspectives of the changing nature of decision making during the dementia trajectory. Conclusion Understanding the perspective of the person living with dementia is essential to facilitate advocacy and support that is ‘person centred’ now and into the future. Assisting carers to incorporate this perspective into caring has the potential to be better facilitated by health professionals and merits further investigation.

scholarly journals A more sustainable urban future calls for action: the city of Lahti as European Green Capital 2021

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian MacGregor-Fors ◽  
Michelle García-Arroyo ◽  
D Johan Kotze ◽  
Elina Ojala ◽  
Heikki Setälä ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Urban Environment ◽  
Urban Center ◽  
The Future ◽  
Ecological Improvement ◽  
The City ◽  
Small Urban Center ◽  
Future Plans

Abstract In 2020, a small urban center from southern Finland, the City of Lahti, was awarded the 2021 European Green Capital, which recognizes and rewards local efforts that seek to improve the urban environment, together with its economy and the quality of life for its inhabitants, further posing ambitious goals for ecological improvement. In this commentary, we describe some of the key elements that made Lahti the 2021 European Green Capital, as well as some of the future plans for the city. We also highlight the importance of research-based knowledge as the foundation for achieving better outcomes in urban decision making.

scholarly journals A Multi-Criteria Decision for Touristic Revitalization of Historic Waterfront Based on AHP Analysis: A Case Study of Ezbet El-Borg City, Damietta, Egypt

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (8) ◽  
pp. 1437-1448
Author(s):  
Ghada A. Ragheb ◽  
Amany Ragheb
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Essential Role ◽  
Analytical Tool ◽  
Multi Criteria Decision Making ◽  
Effective Strategy ◽  
Ahp Method

This research finds an approach to support multi-criteria decision-making about the touristic revitalization of the waterfront for the purpose of conservation and sustainable development. The waterfront revitalization strategy is an effective way to preserve the neglected heritage, enhance identity and authenticity, and improve the quality of life. This paper presents a systematic multi-criteria approach and an analytical method in decision-making to revitalize the waterfront of Ezbet El-Borg city, Damietta, Egypt. The waterfront was analyzed according to the criteria of sustainable revitalization. The AHP method was used as an analytical tool to prioritize these criteria to make them measurable, and then suggest an effective strategy for revitalization through the prioritizing alternatives to waterfront functions then used to rank the best prospects for revitalization. The study found the most successful option is to revitalize the historic waterfront of Ezbet El Borg, due to its heritage features. This kind of revitalization plays an essential role in sustainability, as it enhances the city's identity, conservation opportunities, economic development, and quality of life. Applying this approach allows policymakers to develop strategies for waterfront revitalization, and to evaluate the best solutions for the revitalization process with regard to preservation and sustainable development.

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