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Technologies for healthy, graceful aging : issues, recommendations, federal actions /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hauppauge [New York] :
Nova Science Publishers, Inc.,
2016.
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| Colección: | Aging issues, health and financial alternatives series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface; Chapter 1; Report to the President: Independence, Technology, and Connection in Older Age*; Executive Office of the President President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology; Executive Summary and Recommendations; Study Scope; Social Connectivity and Emotional Health (Section 2); Changes in Cognitive Ability (Section 3); Changes in Physical Ability (Section 4); Recommendations in Summary; Cross-Cutting Recommendations; Recommendation 1: Integrating Federal Action; Recommendation 2: Engagement and Social Connectivity.
- Recommendation 3: Monitoring Technology for Frail and Vulnerable Elders; Recommendation 4: Research Is Needed to Spur Further Innovation; Issue-Specific Recommendations; Recommendation 5: Education and Training in Online Technologies; Recommendation 6: Emergency Response and Communications; Recommendation 7: Financial Services; Recommendation 8: Cognitive Training; Recommendation 9: Improve Regulation and Payment to Reflect Innovation in Telehealth; Recommendation 10: Home Design to Sustain Independence; Recommendation 11: Improving Product Design for Older Adults' Needs.
- Recommendation 12: Future Role of Assistive and Robotic Technologies; 1. Introduction and Cross-Cutting Issues; Study Overview; Potential of Technology; Cross-Cutting Themes; 2. Technologies for Social Connectivity and Emotional Health; Improving Engagement through Technology; Social Participation; Employment and Volunteerism; Information & Resources; Technology Utilization and Adoption; Federal Actions to Improve Connectivity; Education and Training; Including Older Americans in Emergency Disaster Planning; 3. Technologies to Address Changes in Cognitive Ability.
- How Technology Can Monitor Cognitive Function; How Technology Can Protect Older Adults' Economic Security; The Promise of Technology to Maintain or Enhance Cognitive Health; Cognitive Enhancement; Cognitive Assistive Systems; 4. Technologies to Address Changes in Physical Ability; Telehealth; Promise of Telehealth; Federal Government Initiatives in Telehealth; Challenges for Telehealth Implementation; Improving Telehealth; Designing Buildings to Ensure Independence in the Home; Role of Home Design and Modifications; Role of Product Design; Compensating for Mobility Loss.
- Appendix. Additional Experts Providing Input; Additional Acknowledgments; About the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology; The President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology; Co-Chairs; Vice Chairs; Members; Staff; PCAST Independence, Technology, and Connection for Older Adults Working Group; Co-Chairs; Working Group Members; Staff; Technical Writer; End Notes; Chapter 2; Aging America and Hearing Loss: Imperative of Improved Hearing Technologies; I. Age-Related Hearing Loss Is a Substantial National Problem; II. The Market for Hearing Aids Is Characterized by High Cost and Low Innovation.