Andrew S Dibner

Personal Response Systems (eBook, ePUB)

An International Report of a New Home Care Service

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This important 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. Experts from 10 countries report on the status, achievements and challenges involved in setting up, distributing, and operating personal response systems.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. März 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317837701
• Artikelnr.: 58802821

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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