Personal Response Systems: An International Report of a New Home Care Service

Abstract

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

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