scholarly journals Explaining the Unique Behavioral Characteristics of Elderly and Adults Based on Deep Learning

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (22) ◽  
pp. 10979
Author(s):  
Yeong-Hyeon Byeon ◽  
Dohyung Kim ◽  
Jaeyeon Lee ◽  
Keun-Chang Kwak
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Deep Learning ◽  
Elderly Care ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Behavioral Characteristics ◽  
Physical Conditions ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Video Matching

In modern society, the population has been aging as the lifespan has increased owing to the advancement in medical technologies. This could pose a threat to the economic system and, in serious cases, to the ethics regarding the socially-weak elderly. An analysis of the behavioral characteristics of the elderly and young adults based on their physical conditions enables silver robots to provide customized services for the elderly to counter aging society problems, laying the groundwork for improving elderly welfare systems and automating elderly care systems. Accordingly, skeleton sequences modeling the changes of the human body are converted into pose evolution images (PEIs), and a convolutional neural network (CNN) is trained to classify the elderly and young adults for a single behavior. Then, a heatmap, which is a contributed portion of the inputs, is obtained using a gradient-weighted class activation map (Grad-CAM) for the classified results, and a skeleton-heatmap is obtained through a series of processes for the ease of analysis. Finally, the behavioral characteristics are derived through the difference matching analysis between the domains based on the skeleton-heatmap and RGB video matching analysis. In this study, we present the analysis of the behavioral characteristics of the elderly and young adults based on cognitive science using deep learning and discuss the examples of the analysis. Therefore, we have used the ETRI-Activity3D dataset, which is the largest of its kind among the datasets that have classified the behaviors of young adults and the elderly.

scholarly journals COVID 19 meets changing traditional care systems for the elderly and a budding social work practice. Reflections for geriatric care in Ghana

2020 ◽  
pp. 147332502097332
Author(s):  
Charles Selorm Deku ◽  
John Boulard Forkuor ◽  
Eric Agyemang
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Elderly Population ◽  
Elderly Care ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Geriatric Care ◽  
The State ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Care Systems

Starting in December 2019 in Wuhan China, the novel coronavirus (COVID 19) disease has reached 216 countries with 6, 140, 934 confirmed cases and 373, 548 deaths as at 2nd June, 2020 globally Ghana, with an estimated population of 31,014,508 has recorded 8, 297 confirmed cases, 2, 986 recoveries and 38 deaths with 5, 273 active cases as at the same date. All but one of the 16 administrative regions have recorded confirmed cases with the highest case numbers in the more urban regions of the country. Considering that one of the highest risk populations in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak is the elderly population, this brief essay examines the state of elderly care in Ghana in relation to this pandemic. The paper reflects on the state of care needs for the elderly, current elderly care systems, inadequacy of data on elderly population and social work practice in Ghana. It also raises questions on the preparedness of current elderly care systems and general social work practice in Ghana amidst COVID 19. The paper recommends professionalization of geriatric care and formalization of community-based care for the elderly in Ghana as the way forward.

scholarly journals Motor neuronic disease starting in the elderly and young adults

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Igor Roque de Paula ◽  
Maria Alice Dias da Costa ◽  
Danielle Antoniazzi Kirscht Auermann D'Allembert Costa Sousa ◽  
Julia Magalhães Waybe Gonçalves ◽  
Marcela Ferreira de Andrade Rangel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Motor Neurons ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Motor Neuron Diseases ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Degenerative Disorders ◽  
Functional Factors ◽  
Bulbar Onset ◽  
The Difference

Introduction: Motor neuron diseases (MND) are degenerative disorders that affect motor neurons, leading to disability and dependence throughout their course. The onset of symptoms is variable and can occur in adults(A) and elderly(E), however little is known about the characteristics of the disease in different age groups. Objective: To investigate the characteristics and the difference between clinical and functional factors considering the onset of MND in the elderly and young adults. Method: There were 26 young adults and 26 elderly (≥60 years) evaluated, matched by gender and length of disease, treated at HC/UFMG. The following were investigated: demographic and clinical, using specific instruments (ALSFRS-R/BR and ALSAQ-40); fatigue (FSS); manual muscle strength; mobility and balance (SPPB). Analysis was performed descriptive and comparison (student t test, Mann-Whitney or X2), using SPSS, significance level of 0.05. Results: Differences were observed significant as to the place of onset of symptoms (p=0.034), presence of pain (p=0.034) and use of ambu (p=0.023). No significant differences were verified for the others: occurrence of falls (p=0.254), presence of comorbidities (p=0.158) and use of Riluzole (p=0.548), sit and stand (p=0.931), turn over in bed (p=0.402) and walk (p=0.740), total ALSFRS-R (p=0.656), MND severity level (p=0.307)strength muscular (p=0.940), SPPB (p=0.296), quality of life (p=0.686). Conclusion: The clinical and functional characteristics were similar between individuals who started the disease in the elderly and adult phase. However, it was observed a higher prevalence among the elderly with bulbar onset, which is thebeginning of the worst prognosis of disease progression.

Comparing the United States and United Kingdom: contrasts and correspondences

2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 385-391 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rudolf Klein
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Common Ground ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Elderly Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
The United States ◽  
Assisted Death ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Care Systems

AbstractThe conventionally antithetical stereotypes of the United Kingdom and United States health care systems needs to be modified in the case of the elderly. Relative to the rest of the population, the over-65s in the United States are more satisfied with their medical care than their UK counterparts. There is also much common ground: shared worries about the quality of elderly care and similar attitudes towards assisted death. Comparison is further complicated by within country variations: comparative studies should take account of the fact that even seemingly polar models may have pools of similarity.

scholarly journals A New Remote Health-Care System Based on Moving Robot Intended for the Elderly at Home

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bing Zhou ◽  
Kaige Wu ◽  
Pei Lv ◽  
Jing Wang ◽  
Gang Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care System ◽  
Elderly Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Detection Algorithms ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
Remote Care ◽  
Remote Health ◽  
Care System ◽  
At Home

Nowadays, due to the growing need for remote care and the constantly increasing popularity of mobile devices, a large amount of mobile applications for remote care support has been developed. Although mobile phones are very suitable for young people, there are still many problems related to remote health care of the elderly. Due to hearing loss or limited movements, it is difficult for the elderly to contact their families or doctors via real-time video call. In this paper, we introduce a new remote health-care system based on moving robots intended for the elderly at home. Since the proposed system is an online system, the elderly can contact their families and doctors quickly anytime and anywhere. Besides call, our system involves the accurate indoor object detection algorithms and automatic health data collection, which are not included in existing remote care systems. Therefore, the proposed system solves some challenging problems related to the elderly care. The experiment has shown that the proposed care system achieves excellent performance and provides good user experience.

PENGARUH TERAPI TERTAWA TERHADAP PENURUNAN TEKANAN DARAH LANSIA DI UPT PANTI WREDHA BUDHI DHARMA YOGYAKARTA

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Niken Setyaningrum ◽  
Andri Setyorini ◽  
Fachruddin Tri Fitrianta
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Group Comparison ◽  
Control Blood Pressure ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Treatment Of Hypertension ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Difference

ABSTRACTBackground: Hypertension is one of the most common diseases, because this disease is suffered byboth men and women, as well as adults and young people. Treatment of hypertension does not onlyrely on medications from the doctor or regulate diet alone, but it is also important to make our bodyalways relaxed. Laughter can help to control blood pressure by reducing endocrine stress andcreating a relaxed condition to deal with relaxation.Objective: The general objective of the study was to determine the effect of laughter therapy ondecreasing elderly blood pressure in UPT Panti Wredha Budhi Dharma Yogyakarta.Methods: The design used in this study is a pre-experimental design study with one group pre-posttestresearch design where there is no control group (comparison). The population in this study wereelderly aged over> 60 years at 55 UPT Panti Wredha Budhi Dharma Yogyakarta. The method oftaking in this study uses total sampling. The sample in this study were 55 elderly. Data analysis wasused to determine the difference in blood pressure before and after laughing therapy with a ratio datascale that was using Pairs T-TestResult: There is an effect of laughing therapy on blood pressure in the elderly at UPT Panti WredhaBudhi Dharma Yogyakarta marked with a significant value of 0.000 (P <0.05)

Barriers versus promotion: Culturally sensitive healthcare for elderly Turkish migrants in Austria and Germany

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-46
Author(s):  
Nevin Altıntop
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Elderly Care ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Diversity Management ◽  
Culturally Sensitive ◽  
Turkish Migrants ◽  
Care Givers ◽  
Individual Care ◽  
Care Systems

What is the perception of Turkish migrants in elderly care? The increasing number of elder migrants within the German and Austrian population is causing the challenge of including them in an adequate (culturally sensitive) way into the German/Austrian health care system. Here I introduce the perception of elder Turkish migrants within the predominant paradigm of intercultural opening of health care in Germany as well as within the concept of diversity management of health care in Vienna (Austria). The qualitative investigation follows a field research in different German and Austrian cities within the last four years and an analysis based on the Grounded Theory Methodology. The meaning of intercultural opening on the one hand, and diversity management on the other hand with respect to elderly care will be evaluated. Whereas the intercultural opening directly demands a reduction of barriers to access institutional elderly care the concept of diversity is hardly successful in the inclusion of migrants into elderly care assistance – concerning both, migrants as care-givers and migrants as care-receivers. Despite the similarities between the health care systems of Germany and Austria there are decisive differences in the perception and inclusion of migrants in elderly care that is largely based on an 'individual care' concept of the responsible institutions. Finally, this investigation demonstrates how elderly care in Germany and Austria prepares to encounter the demand of 'individual care' in a diverse society.

HOME CARE IN OUTPATIENT CARE – STATE AND DEVELOPMENT IN BULGARIA

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 571-574
Author(s):  
Ivanka Stambolova ◽  
Stefan Stambolov
Keyword(s):  
Home Care ◽  
Outpatient Care ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Elderly Care ◽  
Care Center ◽  
Elderly Person ◽  
Chronically Ill ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Health And Social Care

In outpatient care the home care, including hospices, is recognized as a model for providing quality, cost-effective and charitable care. The focus is mainly on the care that helps everyday lifeof the patient as well as the relatives, rather than on treatment, and in most cases it takes place in the patients' home. In Europe, in recent years there has been a real "boom" in home care due to demographic processes linked to increased needs for elderly care and chronically ill under the conditions of limited financial resources.In outpatient medical care in our country by means of a national framework contract there are regulated visits to the patient's home by a doctor, as well as visits by medical staff employed by him - nurse, midwife, medical assistant / paramedic / for manipulation, counseling and monitoring. At the same time there is no regulated legal activity in the Republic of Bulgaria, which is essentially the subject of home care.Since 1994 „Caritas“ has carried out the "Home Care" service, which provides a complex - health and social care for over 360 sick adults in a place where the elderly person feels the most comfortable - in their own home. „Caritas Home Care“ is provided by mobile teams of nurses and social assistants who visit the elderly at home and provide them with the necessary care according to their health and social needs.With the establishment of the first „Home Care Center“ in Lozenets region, Sofia, with the support of the PHARE ACCESS program in 2003, the Bulgarian Red Cross introduces in Bulgaria an integrated model for provision of health care and social services in the home of adults, chronically ill and people with permanent disabilities. To date, there are a number of problems in home care related to the realization of home care for patients in need in out-of-hospital settings: lack of legal regulation for home care, lack of qualified staff in outpatient care; lack of organization and structures for care; unsettled funding and the inability of the part of the population that is most in need of care to pay for it, there is no regulation to control the activity. Although home care began over 20 years ago, our country is yet to make its way to the European program called „Home care in Europe“.

Development of a Mobile Time Banking system on Blockchain (MTBB) for Community Elderly Care (Preprint)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hungyi Chen ◽  
Yuan-Chia Chu ◽  
Feipei Lai
Keyword(s):  
Care Service ◽  
Elderly Care ◽  
Banking System ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Community Services ◽  
The Other ◽  
Smartphone App ◽  
Smartphone Apps ◽  
Member Service ◽  
Blockchain Technology

BACKGROUND Time banking is a good mechanism to provide elderly care in community services with members having mutual benefits, besides social welfare and out-of-pocket fee payment mechanisms. With further integration with off-line works, mobile time banking may provide a better way, compared to traditional web access. On the other hand, blockchain technology has been long encountering difficulty in integrating with real-world economies or activities. Development of a mobile time banking system on blockchain (MTBB) may provide a realistic solution for community elderly care. Besides, the tracking mechanism from blockchain technology itself may also help track the elderly care service transaction records in order to measure better Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set by United Nations (UN). OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to develop the MTBB, which enables tracking service transaction records in community elderly care through mutual helps. METHODS The MTBB was developed to empower organizations, either Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) organizations, or Non-Profit Organizations (NPOs), to issue time tokens of their proprietary token types to the members who participate in the volunteer activities organized by the organizations respectively. In the service activities, members sign in and sign out before and after the services by using a smartphone app, and then get the time tokens afterwards. Members with time tokens can then exchange time tokens for elderly care services using the same smartphone app. MultiChain is used as the blockchain technology stack, as one of its features to support multiple token types is critical. RESULTS Database applications with smartphone apps integrated with MultiChain were developed. The whole set of the database schema was integrated with two smartphone apps, one for members, and the other for organizations, in addition to the two backend operations modules, one for organizations, and the other for managing all organizations and members. The MultiChain wallet was also integrated into the member app, as well as the organization backend modules for keeping track of the service transactions and time tokens. Metadata with the service transaction information is stored in the MultiChain blocks so that the transaction records are immutable and can thus be analyzed in the future. CONCLUSIONS The twelve characteristics of Cahn’s time banking are the guidelines of developing this MTBB with integration of MultiChain blockchain technology for tracking service transaction records. The study also combines the 1-to-1 member service exchange with organizations holding volunteer activities and issuing proprietary time tokens. With the blockchain transaction tracking mechanism, all of the elderly care service records through or within organizations can be tracked and analyzed to align with UN’s five SDGs.

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