Technologic challenges in social and health care: practice examples of technologic challenges in an elderly people's housing unit.
'Customer service work and gerontechnology' project focuses on abilities of professionals with-in elderly care to benefit from technology in their work. The project is funded by The Finnish Work-place Development Programme TYKES (2004-2009). Examples of gerontechnology are computers and customer inf...
| Published in: | Sairaanhoitaja Vol. 79; no. 9; pp. 21 - 25 |
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| Format: | pictorial tables/charts Journal Article |
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Suomen sairaanhoitajaliitto
2006 Sep 1
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| Summary: | 'Customer service work and gerontechnology' project focuses on abilities of professionals with-in elderly care to benefit from technology in their work. The project is funded by The Finnish Work-place Development Programme TYKES (2004-2009). Examples of gerontechnology are computers and customer information systems as well as various safety alarm systems. Within this project, various effects of technology use are assessed with the help of methodologies of Human Impact Assessment (HuIA). The project deals with organizations of all sectors of elderly care: public, private and third sector organizations. |
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