Ambient Assisted Living and Care in The Netherlands

2014 ◽  
pp. 205-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. van Hoof ◽  
E. J. M. Wouters ◽  
H. R. Marston ◽  
B. Vanrumste ◽  
R. A. Overdiep
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Assisted Living ◽  
Ambient Assisted Living ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Primary Focus

Technology can assist older adults to remain living in the community. Within the realm of information and communication technologies, smart homes are drifting toward the concept of ambient assisted living (AAL). AAL-systems are more responsive to user needs and patterns of living, fostering physical activity for a healthier lifestyle, and capturing behaviours for prevention and future assistance. This study provides an overview of the design-requirements and expectations towards AAL-technologies that are formulated by the end-users, their relatives and health care workers, with a primary focus on health care in The Netherlands. The results concern the motivation for use of technology, requirements to the design, implementation, privacy and ethics. More research is required in terms of the actual needs of older users without dementia and their carers, and on AAL in general as some of the work included concerns less sophisticated smart home technology.

Ambient Assisted Living and Care in The Netherlands

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 25-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. van Hoof ◽  
E. J. M. Wouters ◽  
H. R. Marston ◽  
B. Vanrumste ◽  
R. A. Overdiep
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Assisted Living ◽  
Ambient Assisted Living ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Primary Focus

Technology can assist older adults to remain living in the community. Within the realm of information and communication technologies, smart homes are drifting toward the concept of ambient assisted living (AAL). AAL-systems are more responsive to user needs and patterns of living, fostering physical activity for a healthier lifestyle, and capturing behaviours for prevention and future assistance. This study provides an overview of the design-requirements and expectations towards AAL-technologies that are formulated by the end-users, their relatives and health care workers, with a primary focus on health care in The Netherlands. The results concern the motivation for use of technology, requirements to the design, implementation, privacy and ethics. More research is required in terms of the actual needs of older users without dementia and their carers, and on AAL in general as some of the work included concerns less sophisticated smart home technology.

scholarly journals Information and Communication Technologies in Social Work

10.18060/241 ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian E. Perron ◽  
Harry O. Taylor ◽  
Joseph Glass ◽  
Jon Margerum-Leys
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
The United States ◽  
Change Initiatives ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Health Care Infrastructure ◽  
Information And Communication

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are electronic tools used to convey, manipulate and store information. The exponential growth of Internet access and ICTs greatly influenced social, political, and economic processes in the United States, and worldwide. Regardless of the level of practice, ICTs will continue influencing the careers of social workers and the clients they serve. ICTs have received some attention in the social work literature and curriculum, but we argue that this level of attention is not adequate given their ubiquity, growth and influence, specifically as it relates to upholding social work ethics. Significant attention is needed to help ensure social workers are responsive to the technological changes in the health care system, including the health care infrastructure and use of technology among clients. Social workers also need ICT competencies in order to effectively lead different types of social change initiatives or collaborate with professionals of other disciplines who are using ICTs as part of existing strategies. This paper also identifies potential pitfalls and challenges with respect to the adoption of ICTs, with recommendations for advancing their use in practice, education, and research.

scholarly journals E-Learning for Health-Care Workforce Development

2008 ◽  
Vol 17 (01) ◽  
pp. 83-87
Author(s):  
P. A. Abbott ◽  
K. Hudson ◽  
L. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Workforce Development ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Health Care Workforce ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Health Workforce Development

Summary Objectives To summarize advances in informatics that contribute to scaling-up the health care workforce. Method A review of projects and methods in information and communication technologies (ICT) that are having an impact on educating frontline health care workers. Results and conclusionse-learning is providing innovative approaches for health workforce development, especially in underserved areas.

Rethinking Religious Practice and Activities through the lenses of Information and Communication Technologies in the era of the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.Z Ramorola
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Religious Practice ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
Religious Organizations ◽  
Religious Activities ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Information And Communication

There has been a steady rise in the practice and performance of religious activities within the cyberspace since the 1980s. Many pastors have embraced the use of technology in their religious and ministerial practices. However, what would be more critical is to understand how technology, once adopted and operational would assume the function of support and fulfil religious members’ spiritual, emotional and social needs. This paper discusses technology use in religious organizations, particularly during the lockdown period of Covid-19 between March 2020 to the July 2021. The article uses South Africa as a research context to explore technology use and its role to address the challenges of support, space and practice. The paper employed a qualitative interpretive paradigm to source data from six members from different religious organizations in South Africa. Three themes arose from the data: information and communication technologies provide space for religious member to network; information and communication media facilitate religious practice and activities; and information and communication technologies enhance management of resources.

Technologies Solutions Schemes for Patients’ Rehabilitation

2017 ◽  
Vol 56 (02) ◽  
pp. 83-87
Author(s):  
Abdulfattah S. Mashat ◽  
Habib M. Fardoun
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Human Factors ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Rehabilitation Process ◽  
Innovative Solutions ◽  
Information And Communication

SummaryObjective: The present editorial is part of the focus theme of Methods of Information in Medicine entitled “Technologies solutions schemes for Patients’ Rehabilitation: Methodologies, Models and Algorithms”. The focus theme aims to present nowadays most innovative solutions to improve patients’ rehabilitation by applying and using sophisticated and pioneering Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and human factors.Methods: The focus theme explores the different existent research works and tools used, applied and developed for incapable people in terms of rehabilitation and health care, as to look into the extent methodologies, models and algorithms by means of ICT in this process.Results: The focus theme lists a group of research works, which are presenting various solutions using ICT systems to improve the rehabilitation process of people with physical incapacities and to help them in carrying out their daily life.

scholarly journals Introduction: Ethics of Information Technology in Health Care

2006 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 2-5
Author(s):  
Georg Marckmann ◽  
Kenneth W Goodman
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Theme Issue ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Computer Based

Computer-based information and communication technologies continue to transform the delivery of health care and the conception and scientific understanding of the human body and the diseases that afflict it. While information technology has the potential to improve the quality and efficiency of patient care, it also raises important ethical and social issues. This IRIE theme issue seeks to provide a forum to identify, analyse and discuss the ethical and social issues raised by various applications of information and communication technology in medicine and health care. The contributions give a flavour of the extraordinarily broad landscape shaped by the intersection of medicine, computing and ethics. In fact, their diversity suggests that much more work is needed to clarify issues and approaches, and to provide practical tools for clinicians.

scholarly journals La colaboración mediada por tecnología como estrategia para potenciar visitas guiadas

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Analía Roxana Dávila
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Open Science ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Technology Centers ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
National University ◽  
Information And Communication

It is proposed to analyze the scope and limitations that Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) offer as collaboration mediators; and enhancers of innovative experiences in non-formal education spaces. To this end, it is proposed to implement a methodology mediated by ICTs to promote and achieve greater use of the guided visits to the interactive science and technology centers. The work contemplates, firstly, carrying out a bibliographic inquiry and background review of interactive science and technology centers in different Ibero-American countries and secondly, it is proposed to design a methodology to enhance collaboration mediated by technologies in the framework of visits to centers interactives and then apply this methodology to a particular case study to measure its impact. The experience will take place at the Open Science and Technology Interactive Center (CICyT) of the National University of Lanús and proposes, through a specific intervention, comparatively analyzing 3 types of guided visits: a) traditional in-person visit format, b) visit face-to-face with instance of collaboration activities without the use of technology, c) interaction mediated by ICTs prior to the visit, face-to-face visit with use of ICTs, and instance of interaction mediated by ICTs after the visit, which will then be contrasted with the antecedents and theoretical studies found in the bibliography.

scholarly journals THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY IN TEACHING

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-114
Author(s):  
Lazar Stošić
Keyword(s):  
Educational Technology ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Technology In Education ◽  
Technology In The Classroom ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Technology In Teaching ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Information And Communication

Today, more than ever, the role of educational technology in teaching is of great importance because of the use of information and communication technologies. With the help of various applications for distance education, the Internet, teachers, and students themselves, they see the advantage of educational technology. The question is whether schools and teachers themselves are ready for the use of technology in education and whether they are aware of its benefits? In this paper, we try to give an overview of the importance and use of educational technology in the classroom.

scholarly journals La competencia digital en los docentes del siglo XXI: Hábitos de uso y autopercepción / Digital Competence in 21st Century Teachers: Usage Habits and Self-Perception

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Miriam Jimenez Bernal ◽  
Marta Abanades
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Perception ◽  
Digital Competence ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Professional Profile ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Nativos Digitales ◽  
Competencia Digital

ABSTRACTDuring the last years, Information and Communication Technologies have been included in the educational field, not only as support tools for teachers, but also as an essential part of the training and of the very learning environment. For this reason, the digital competence is considered one of the main competences in the teachers’ professional profile. However, there is a digital divide between the new Pre-School and Primary students, digital natives, and their teachers. Our study aims at knowing the self-perception on the digital competence and the daily habits of use of technology either in professionals of several fields and in students of the Degrees in Pre-School and Primary Education, most of them with working experience, comparing both items with the observation of their performance in blended learning subjects, with a significant online workload for the students. The aim of this communication is to present the initial results of the survey and the comparative analysis, which shows a gap between the self-perception and the usage habits, in order to suggest measures to be implemented in Higher Education.RESUMENA lo largo de los últimos años, las Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación se han ido incorporando al ámbito educativo, no solo como herramientas de ayuda al profesorado, sino también como parte integrante de la formación y el propio entorno de aprendizaje. Por este motivo, la competencia digital es una de las principales competencias del perfil profesional de un docente. Sin embargo, existe una brecha digital entre los nuevos alumnos de Infantil y Primaria, nativos digitales, y sus profesores. Nuestro estudio pretende, a través de la realización de encuestas a profesionales de diversos ámbitos y a estudiantes de los Grados en Educación Infantil y Primaria, ya diplomados en Magisterio y con experiencia docente en muchos casos, conocer su autopercepción de la competencia digital y sus hábitos básicos de uso de la tecnología, comparando ambas cuestiones con el desempeño en asignaturas semipresenciales, con una importante carga de trabajo en línea para los estudiantes. El objetivo de esta comunicación es presentar los resultados iniciales de la encuesta y del análisis comparativo, que indica un desfase entre la autopercepción y los hábitos de uso, para proponer medidas que puedan tomarse desde las aulas universitarias. Contacto principal: [email protected]

Understanding the Context of Green ICT

2011 ◽  
pp. 1824-1835
Author(s):  
Deepa Gheewala ◽  
Vivek Gheewala
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Carbon Emissions ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Software Applications ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Software Implementations ◽  
Green Ict ◽  
Operational Processes

Green ICT can be considered as the adoption of eco-friendly processes by an organization in its practice of Information and Communication Technologies. The last decade, in particular, has seen profound awareness on the part of individuals as well as organizations in adopting such processes that are environmentally friendly. While automation and related computing activities continue to lead to exponential use of energy quotient, Green ICT continues to chip away at the ‘resigned‘ views of the decision makers to their environmental responsibilities. It is vital today to understand the increasing importance and the context provided by ICT in helping prove the green credentials of an organization. ICT operates at systems and applications level; at the end-user level through the desktops and printers; and at the enterprise level through its data centers, servers and other infrastructure. Green ICT is all about optimization and improvement of the organization’s operational processes without hindering its progress in use of technology. This chapter discusses the context provided by ICT in helping an organization to prove its green credentials. The issues discussed in this chapter include hardware and software implementations, infrastructures, attitudes and policies of decision makers, and how they influence global warming. Therefore, it includes carbon emissions, and the use of software applications in measuring and reporting carbon emissions.

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