Digital welfare for the third age
Subtitle: health and social care informatics for older people
By: edited by Brian D. Loader, Michael Hardey, and Leigh Keeble.
Contributors: Loader, Brian, 1958-; Hardey, Michael.; Keeble, Leigh.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415454087; 9780415454094
Subjects: Medical telematics; Geriatrics -- Data processing; Older people -- Services for; Telemedicine; Aged; Health Services for the Aged; Information Systems; Internet; Self-Help Devices
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Are there limits to the integration of care for older people? / Rob Wilson; title: Partnership in assessment? : a case study of integrated information sharing / Leigh Keeble, Brian D. Loader, and Mike Hardey; title: Perspectives on telecare : implications for autonomy, support, and social inclusion / John Percival, Julienne Hanson, and Dorota Osipovi; title: ICTs and healthcare : user-centred devices and patient work / Andrew Webster; title: Networked carers : digital exclusion or digital empowerment? / John Powell; title: Making sense of sensors : older people's and professional caregivers' attitudes towards telecare / Julienne Hanson, Dorota Osipovi, and John Percival; title: The performativity of a volunteer based telecare service / Darren Reed; title: From have nots to watch dogs : understanding Internet health communication behaviors of online senior citizens / Sally J. McMillan, Elizabeth Johnson Avery, and Wendy Macias.