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What is Home Care

Chapter 16
Handbook of Research on ICTs for Human-Centered Healthcare and Social Care Services
Covers a wide range of health and social care services provided to older persons living in their home environments.
Published in Chapter:
Elderly Care Cost Control using Observation, Assessment, and Decision-Making
Patrik Eklund (Umeå University, Sweden)
Copyright: © 2013 |Pages: 10
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-3986-7.ch016
Abstract
Municipal and regional best practices for strategic planning and management of ageing is achieved by developing accurate socio-economic modelling tools based on rigorous design of information and processes. Demographic models enable analysis and prediction of demographic change, and socio-economic modelling, based on ageing information and process design, is sensitive and specific in particular concerning variables related to demographic change. Service forms based on observation, assessment, and decision-making are typically used in home care, adult day care centres, residential care, nursing homes, and/or wards. The suggested approach to socio-economic modelling-based strategic planning is both customer-centric with respect to information and process design as well as care-centric with respect to care management.
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Chapter 41
Knowledge-Based Support of Medical Work in Home Care
Health care or supportive care provided by health care professionals at patient homes.
Published in Chapter: Knowledge-Based Support of Medical Work in Home Care; From: Handbook of Research on ICTs and Management Systems for Improving Efficiency in Healthcare and Social Care
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Chapter 41
Knowledge-Based Support of Medical Work in Home Care
Health care or supportive care provided by health care professionals at patient homes.
Published in Chapter: Knowledge-Based Support of Medical Work in Home Care; From: Handbook of Research on ICTs and Management Systems for Improving Efficiency in Healthcare and Social Care
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Chapter 68
A Practice Perspective on Transforming Mobile Work
Helping elderly and vulnerable people in independent living at their homes as an alternative for institutionalised care.
Published in Chapter: A Practice Perspective on Transforming Mobile Work; From: Handbook of Research on Mobility and Computing: Evolving Technologies and Ubiquitous Impacts
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Chapter 19
Definition of a Pervasive Architecture for a Central Monitoring of Homecare Systems
It is supportive care provided in the home. Licensed healthcare professionals who provide medical care needs or by professional caregivers who provide daily care to help to ensure the activities of daily living are met may provide care. In home medical care is often and more accurately referred to as home health care or formal care.
Published in Chapter: Definition of a Pervasive Architecture for a Central Monitoring of Homecare Systems; From: Handbook of Research on Trends in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Conditions
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Chapter 2
The Generational Succession in Family Firms: The Role of Organizational Knowledge
Hospitals are often overcrowded, and those who need immediate care cannot afford to wait for places to free up. The request is much broader than the actual availability, and weeks or months may pass to get a visit or a bed. This is not the case in private home care, where the patients can request tailor-made treatments and dedicated therapies that are not usually carried out in public facilities. Private home care is subject to a fee. This means that, despite having significant advantages compared to public facilities, they must still be evaluated based on their economic availability.
Published in Chapter: The Generational Succession in Family Firms: The Role of Organizational Knowledge; From: Handbook of Research on the Strategic Management of Family Businesses
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Chapter 21
Mobile Health Applications and New Home Care Telecare Systems: Critical Engineering Issues
Home care is health care provided in the patient’s home by healthcare professionals (often referred to as home health care or formal care; in the United States, it is known as skilled care) or by family and friends (also known as caregivers, primary caregiver, or voluntary caregivers who give informal care).
Published in Chapter: Mobile Health Applications and New Home Care Telecare Systems: Critical Engineering Issues; From: Handbook of Research on Distributed Medical Informatics and E-Health
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Chapter 5
Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Process for Decentralized Healthcare Services Assessment
short and long-term supportive care provided at home, including medical equipment for monitoring, by healthcare professionals or by other caregivers to ensure the activities related to hospice care or rehabilitative therapies.
Published in Chapter: Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Process for Decentralized Healthcare Services Assessment; From: Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis in Management
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Chapter 176
Wireless Sensor Network to Support Home Care in Telemedicine Applications
Health care given to a person at home that aims to enable people to remain at home rather than use residential, long-term, or institutional-based nursing care.
Published in Chapter: Wireless Sensor Network to Support Home Care in Telemedicine Applications; From: Encyclopedia of Healthcare Information Systems
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Chapter 18
Home Care Systems for the Management of Patients with Mental Disorders: The “ALADDIN” Experience
Supportive care provided in the home. Care may be provided by licensed healthcare professionals, professional caregivers or informal (family) caregivers.
Published in Chapter: Home Care Systems for the Management of Patients with Mental Disorders: The “ALADDIN” Experience; From: Handbook of Research on Trends in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Conditions
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Chapter 22
An Interoperable and Standard-Based End-to-End Remote Patient Monitoring System
Also referred to as Domiciliary Care, Social Care, or In-Home Care, is supportive care provided in the home.
Published in Chapter: An Interoperable and Standard-Based End-to-End Remote Patient Monitoring System; From: Encyclopedia of E-Health and Telemedicine
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