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Social Care and Life Quality of Frail or Dependent Elderly: The Contribution of Technologies

Social Care and Life Quality of Frail or Dependent Elderly: The Contribution of Technologies

Cristina Albuquerque (University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal)
Copyright: © 2016 |Volume: 4 |Issue: 1 |Article: 2 |Pages: 11
ISSN: 2155-5621|EISSN: 2155-563X|EISBN13: 9781466692947|DOI: 10.4018/IJPHIM.2016010102
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Albuquerque, Cristina. "Social Care and Life Quality of Frail or Dependent Elderly: The Contribution of Technologies." IJPHIM 4.1 (2016): 12-22. Web. 27 Mar. 2020. doi:10.4018/IJPHIM.2016010102

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Albuquerque, C. (2016). Social Care and Life Quality of Frail or Dependent Elderly: The Contribution of Technologies. International Journal of Privacy and Health Information Management (IJPHIM), 4(1), 12-22. doi:10.4018/IJPHIM.2016010102

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Albuquerque, Cristina. "Social Care and Life Quality of Frail or Dependent Elderly: The Contribution of Technologies," International Journal of Privacy and Health Information Management (IJPHIM) 4 (2016): 1, accessed (March 27, 2020), doi:10.4018/IJPHIM.2016010102

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Abstract

In this article the author underlines the potentialities of technological achievements and ICT applications in social and health care systems to best accomplish the goals of autonomy, social participation and quality of life of frail or dependent elderly. Additionally some critical questions concerning the use of technological devises to promote alternative responses to dependency and isolation of elderly are also discussed, namely associated with inequalities in the access and use of technology and with ethical questions of privacy and confidentiality.

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