CASE STUDY OF DAILY LIFE IN HOUSES OF THE ELDERLY WITH DEMENTIA

This study introduces Action Research to present a service program through an interdisciplinary service design approach for promoting the residential stability of elderly people. We extracted design elements (1) “things to do” and (2) “community” and “strategies”, and then made a design framework. According to the framework, we developed a service design program, named “Small Daily Life: “Small Daily Life Tasks”, which provided opportunities to share the elderly people’s daily life via online videos “Small Meeting”, which helped develop a network of relationships outside the home by informing neighbors regarding elderly people’s know-how, and “Small Sharing”, which delivers the results of previous activities to those who need help in the community. Finally, we describe our reflective case study on the presented service program and examine the relationship between social infrastructure and design and their respective roles. This study will expand service design methodologies as presented research procedures, generalized frameworks, and conceptual models that can be referenced in multidisciplinary collaborations.

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The Hidden Among the Hidden

10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190602321.001.0001 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Helen K. Black ◽

John T. Groce ◽

Charles E. Harmon

Keyword(s):

African American ◽

African American Male ◽

Daily Life ◽

Primary Caregivers ◽

The Elderly ◽

Loved One ◽

Hands On ◽

Male Caregivers ◽

Older Males

The question of our research and our book is as follows: What is the experience of African-American elder male caregivers? Research and literature on African-American older males as informal, primary caregivers of demented or impaired family members, particularly spouses, are negligible. Male caregivers in general have been called “hidden” caregivers. Thus, we named the elderly African-American male caregivers we interviewed for this book “the hidden among the hidden.” We asked the experts—a group of 13 African-American male caregivers—to discuss the concrete and nonmaterial aspects of giving care to an impaired loved one. Our book addresses the knowledge gap about African-American male caregivers by revealing, in case-study form, their experiences of caregiving in the context of their personal biography and cohort history. Our focus is the practical and existential meaning of daily life as a caregiver. The men discussed in this book are over 60 years of age, most are long married, and they have been caregivers in their homes for at least 5 years and as long as 25 years. Their loved ones, particularly wives, suffered from a variety of illnesses and debilities that necessitated hands-on care. The book examines varied aspects of the caregiving experience, the unique generativity of men who give care, and the emotions and conflicts about decision making that emerge in day-to-day caregiving.

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Islamic and Jewish Religious Feminists Tackle Islamic and Jewish Oral Law: Maintenance and Rebellion of Wives

Comparative Islamic Studies ◽

10.1558/cis.31497 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 35-63

Author(s):

Ruth Roded

Keyword(s):

State Policy ◽

Political System ◽

Daily Life ◽

The State ◽

The Political ◽

Jewish Law ◽

Modern Times ◽

Parallel Case ◽

First Time

Beginning in the early 1970s, Jewish and Muslim feminists, tackled “oral law”—Mishna and Talmud, in Judaism, and the parallel Hadith and Fiqh in Islam, and several analogous methodologies were devised. A parallel case study of maintenance and rebellion of wives —mezonoteha, moredet al ba?ala; nafaqa al-mar?a and nush?z—in classical Jewish and Islamic oral law demonstrates similarities in content and discourse. Differences between the two, however, were found in the application of oral law to daily life, as reflected in “responsa”—piskei halacha and fatwas. In modern times, as the state became more involved in regulating maintenance and disobedience, and Jewish law was backed for the first time in history by a state, state policy and implementation were influenced by the political system and socioeconomic circumstances of the country. Despite their similar origin in oral law, maintenance and rebellion have divergent relevance to modern Jews and Muslims.

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Approaching daily life at Late Palaeolithic camps: The case of Lubrza 10, Western Poland

Praehistorische Zeitschrift ◽

10.1515/pz-2020-0031 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 95 (2) ◽

pp. 311-333

Author(s):

Iwona Sobkowiak-Tabaka ◽

Aleksandr Diachenko

Keyword(s):

Daily Life ◽

Site Formation ◽

Site Formation Processes ◽

The North ◽

Locational Analysis ◽

Research Procedure ◽

Sandy Sediments ◽

Integrative Social ◽

Late Palaeolithic

AbstractThe aim of this paper is to develop a systematic approach to understanding daily life at Late Palaeolithic camps and identifying its impact on broader site formation processes. Late Palaeolithic contexts are often poorly preserved, especially those found in the sandy sediments of the North European Plain. However, taphonomic obstacles may be overcome through the introduction of spatial statistics into research procedures. We illustrate our approach using a case study of Federmesser and Swiderian campsites at the site of Lubrza 10, Western Poland. The locational analysis of hearths, features that constitute the most important integrative social foci of Palaeolithic camps, provides information on activity areas, seasonality and occupational duration. Additionally, we examine the function of spatially distinct artefact concentrations and their methods of aggregation. The presented research procedure enables us to trace the contribution of individuals to group behaviour, as well as specific individual activities at both camps.

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Fall-Related Activity Avoidance among Persons with Late Effects of Polio and Its Influence on Daily Life: A Mixed-Methods Study

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18137202 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (13) ◽

pp. 7202

Author(s):

Christina Brogårdh ◽

Jan Lexell ◽

Catharina Sjödahl Hammarlund

Keyword(s):

Late Effects ◽

Fear Of Falling ◽

Daily Life ◽

The Elderly ◽

Management Program ◽

Strategic Thinking ◽

Related Activity ◽

Individual Interviews ◽

Activity Avoidance ◽

Social Events

Falls are common among persons with late effects of polio (LEoP), which may lead to fear of falling and activity avoidance in everyday life. Here, we assessed the occurrence of fall-related activity avoidance among persons with LEoP and explored how these experiences influenced daily life. Fourteen ambulatory persons (seven women; mean age 70 years) with LEoP participated. They responded to the modified Survey of Activities and Fear of Falling in the Elderly (mSAFFE) and participated in individual interviews, which were analysed by systematic text condensation. Each quotation was deductively analysed from its representation with regard to mSAFFE. We found that many persons often avoided activities related to standing and walking, for example, taking a bath, performing household chores, walking outdoors, attending social events if there were stairs in the building and travelling by public transport, due to fear of falling, increased pain and fatigability. To facilitate the performance of daily activities participants expressed that strategic thinking and aids were important to use. In conclusion, fall-related activity avoidance is common in persons with LEoP, which negatively influence daily life and social participation. To increase daily functioning in this population, fall-related activity avoidance should be included in a multifaceted fall management program.

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Longitudinal Case Study of Regression-Based Hand Prosthesis Control in Daily Life

Frontiers in Neuroscience ◽

10.3389/fnins.2020.00600 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 14 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Janne M. Hahne ◽

Meike A. Wilke ◽

Mario Koppe ◽

Dario Farina ◽

Arndt F. Schilling

Keyword(s):

Daily Life ◽

Longitudinal Case Study ◽

Hand Prosthesis ◽

Prosthesis Control

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Increasing Usability of Homecare Applications for Older Adults: A Case Study

Designs ◽

10.3390/designs3020023 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 23 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Christos Panagopoulos ◽

Andreas Menychtas ◽

Panayiotis Tsanakas ◽

Ilias Maglogiannis

Keyword(s):

Emergency Response ◽

Independent Living ◽

The Elderly ◽

Usability Assessment ◽

Technological Advances ◽

System Usability Scale ◽

System Usability ◽

Practical Guidelines ◽

Depth Interviews

As the world’s population is ageing, the field dealing with technology adoption by seniors has made headway in the scientific community. Recent technological advances have enabled the development of intelligent homecare systems that support seniors’ independent living and allow monitoring of their health status. However, despite the amount of research to understand the requirements of systems designed for the elderly, there are still unresolved usability issues that often prevent seniors from enjoying the benefits that modern ICT technologies may offer. This work presents a usability assessment of “HeartAround”, an integrated homecare solution incorporating communication functionalities, as well as health monitoring and emergency response features. An assessment with the system usability scale (SUS) method, along with in-depth interviews and qualitative analysis, has provided valuable insights for designing homecare systems for seniors, and validated some effective practical guidelines.

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User requirements of social media for the elderly: a case study in Taiwan

Behaviour and Information Technology ◽

10.1080/0144929x.2012.681068 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 32 (9) ◽

pp. 920-937 ◽

Cited By ~ 18

Author(s):

Wen Huei Chou ◽

Yu-Ting Lai ◽

Kuang-Hsia Liu

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

The Elderly ◽

User Requirements

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Daily life consequences of hearing loss in the elderly

Disability and Rehabilitation ◽

10.3109/09638288.2011.563815 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 33 (22-23) ◽

pp. 2179-2185 ◽

Cited By ~ 24

Author(s):

Jorunn Solheim ◽

Kari J. Kværner ◽

Eva-Signe Falkenberg

Keyword(s):

Hearing Loss ◽

Daily Life ◽

The Elderly

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Provision of public services by Slovak local governments - Case study social protection – old age: A supply demand mismatch?

10.5817/cz.muni.p210-9896-2021-50 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Tomáš Černěnko ◽

Klaudia Glittová

Keyword(s):

Regression Analysis ◽

Old Age ◽

Local Governments ◽

Public Services ◽

Social Protection ◽

Supply And Demand ◽

Descriptive Analysis ◽

The Elderly ◽

Provision Of Services

The aim of the paper is to describe the supply of public services in the field of social protection - old age (represented by expenditures in group 10, class 2 of COFOG classification) in relation to the demand for these services represented by the population in the age group 62+ related to the size and region of the local government unit. The analysis of supply and demand takes place at the level of individual local governments and the results are then presented in relation to the size of the municipality and the region. Two approaches were used for the analysis. The first focuses on the description of the current situation through the categorization of local governments according to the approach to the provision of services, and the second consists in regression analysis. The results of the regression analysis suggest that the size of the municipality and the region do not play as important a role in terms of access to the provision of the examined services as indicated by the first, descriptive analysis. To find a "pattern" for local authorities to decide on access to services for the elderly, further research will be needed that takes into account several socio-economic indicators.

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