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Emerging Technologies for Aging in Place

Emerging Technologies for Aging in Place

Shirley Ann Becker, Frank Webbe
Copyright: © 2008 |Pages: 6
ISBN13: 9781599048895|ISBN10: 1599048892|EISBN13: 9781599048901
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-889-5.ch065
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Becker, Shirley Ann, and Frank Webbe. "Emerging Technologies for Aging in Place." Encyclopedia of Healthcare Information Systems, edited by Nilmini Wickramasinghe and Eliezer Geisler, IGI Global, 2008, pp. 513-518. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-889-5.ch065

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Becker, S. A. & Webbe, F. (2008). Emerging Technologies for Aging in Place. In N. Wickramasinghe & E. Geisler (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Healthcare Information Systems (pp. 513-518). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-889-5.ch065

Chicago

Becker, Shirley Ann, and Frank Webbe. "Emerging Technologies for Aging in Place." In Encyclopedia of Healthcare Information Systems, edited by Nilmini Wickramasinghe and Eliezer Geisler, 513-518. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2008. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-889-5.ch065

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Abstract

Similar to other nations, the United States faces a critical challenge in dealing with an aging population that has unprecedented life expectancies. Emerging technologies offer the hope of allowing older adults to remain in their homes longer by empowering individuals to manage daily activities while dealing with chronic health conditions and age-related diseases. These technologies increasingly target a home environment whereby on a regular basis an individual can obtain assistance in performing daily living activities, stay connected to family and friends, manage medication, and be monitored for health-related changes. As important as these assistive technologies are for individuals and families, their potential for positively impacting the United States economy by changing the model of healthcare delivery is equally huge.

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