This important new book describes the origins, developments, and current status of personal response systems, a new means for persons at risk who live alone to get help in case of emergency. In Personal Response Systems, experts from ten countries report on the status, achievements, and challenges involved in setting up, distributing, and operating personal response systems (PRS). Experienced authors from a variety of backgrounds describe the technology, economics, and social effects of PRS, and its integration into existing health and housing programs. Professionals involved in providing…mehr
This important new book describes the origins, developments, and current status of personal response systems, a new means for persons at risk who live alone to get help in case of emergency. In Personal Response Systems, experts from ten countries report on the status, achievements, and challenges involved in setting up, distributing, and operating personal response systems (PRS). Experienced authors from a variety of backgrounds describe the technology, economics, and social effects of PRS, and its integration into existing health and housing programs. Professionals involved in providing health services will find important information about the most efficient and cost effective designs of personal response systems.
Andrew S. Dibner, PhD, is considered the Father of Personal Response Systems (PRS) in the United States. He first created the ¿lifeline¿ concept in 1972 while on sabbatical at Duke University and has since devoted his career to the development of this service. In 1974, Dr. Dibner and his wife Susan, a sociologist, founded Lifeline Systems, Inc., the leading company in PRS in the world. He has performed numerous studies of the system¿s effectiveness and has promoted its acceptance by government and health care providers nationally and internationally. Dr. Dibner¿s background is in clinical psychology and as a professor at Boston University, he specialized in the psychology of aging.
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Contents Foreword * Introduction * I. Canada * Emergency Response Systems--The Canadian Perspective * Product Design and Social Implications in a Personal Response Program * II. Denmark * Services for the Danish Elderly: The Role of Technical Aids * General and Specific Aspects of Emergency Response Systems in Denmark * III. Germany * Structure, Aims, and Prospectives of PRS in Germany * IV. Israel * Emergency Response Systems in Israel * V. Japan * Recent Trends of ERS in Japan * VI. The Netherlands * Organizing and Financing PRS by a Health Insurance Fund * From Alarm Systems to Smart Houses * VII. New Zealand * Mid-Range Technology: A New-Zealand Perspective * VIII. Sweden * The Swedish Model of Social Alarm Systems for the Care of the Elderly * IX. Scotland * Community Alarm Systems in Scotland * X. Wales * Local Authority and Housing Association Perspectives on ERS in the United States * XI. England * Alarms and Telephones in Emergency Response--Research From the United Kingdom * Community Alarm Systems * XII. United States * Personal Response Systems in the United States * Public Financing for Personal Response Systems: A Federal Viewpoint * ERS as a Community Outreach Service From a Nursing Home * XIII. Summary and Discussion * Personal Response Services Present and Future * Reference Notes Included * Index
Contents Foreword * Introduction * I. Canada * Emergency Response Systems--The Canadian Perspective * Product Design and Social Implications in a Personal Response Program * II. Denmark * Services for the Danish Elderly: The Role of Technical Aids * General and Specific Aspects of Emergency Response Systems in Denmark * III. Germany * Structure, Aims, and Prospectives of PRS in Germany * IV. Israel * Emergency Response Systems in Israel * V. Japan * Recent Trends of ERS in Japan * VI. The Netherlands * Organizing and Financing PRS by a Health Insurance Fund * From Alarm Systems to Smart Houses * VII. New Zealand * Mid-Range Technology: A New-Zealand Perspective * VIII. Sweden * The Swedish Model of Social Alarm Systems for the Care of the Elderly * IX. Scotland * Community Alarm Systems in Scotland * X. Wales * Local Authority and Housing Association Perspectives on ERS in the United States * XI. England * Alarms and Telephones in Emergency Response--Research From the United Kingdom * Community Alarm Systems * XII. United States * Personal Response Systems in the United States * Public Financing for Personal Response Systems: A Federal Viewpoint * ERS as a Community Outreach Service From a Nursing Home * XIII. Summary and Discussion * Personal Response Services Present and Future * Reference Notes Included * Index
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