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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Eldercare"”.
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Reactions to male and female employees requesting family leave for childcare and eldercare
… the reason for the requested leave (childcare or eldercare). It was hypothesized that men requesting leave would be perceived more negatively than women. Further, it was hypothesized that those requesting leave for childcare would be perceived more negatively than those requesting leave for …
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Care in the Workplace:The Employer’s Role in the Alleviation of the Eldercare Problem
The Center for Disease Control has referred to the group of people, aged 18-35, who have an elderly dependent they care for (by which I mean physical, emotional, or mental assistance necessary for the elderly dependent’s continued living) and are entering the workforce as the “sandwich” generation. …
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"Doing the Right Thing": A Study of Cross-Generational Eldercare Decision-making in Community and Disease Context
… the decision-making process as it relates to eldercare. Specifically, how does the knowledge of available resources, community context, and caregiving beliefs affect the caregiving alternative one chooses? Furthermore, what role does family social milieus play in the decision-making process? …
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"Doing the Right Thing": A Study of Cross-Generational Eldercare Decision-making in Community and Disease Context
… the decision-making process as it relates to eldercare. Specifically, how does the knowledge of available resources, community context, and caregiving beliefs affect the caregiving alternative one chooses? Furthermore, what role does family social milieus play in the decision-making process? …
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Field tests on a personal mobility aid for the elderly
… years of their lives including the move into an eldercare facility. Personal mobility and monitoring aids are being developed to assist the elderly with this transition. One of these devices is the Personal Aid for Mobility and Monitoring (PAMM). PAMM is in the beginning stages of its development …
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A Frequency-Modulated Continuous Wave-Based Boundary Detection System for Determination of Monitoring Region for an Indoor Ultra-Wideband Short Range Radar-Based Eldercare Monitoring System
<p>Falls are a cause of concern for the elderly since it can render a person immobile. A monitoring system can summon immediate aid by the automatic detection of fall events. The application of ultra-wideband (UWB) signals for a monitoring system was chosen due to its unique characteristics such as …
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Living arrangements and care provision among the oldest old people in China, 1998--2002
… and reliance on family care are the most stable eldercare arrangements among very old adults. Comparatively, individuals living alone (or with a spouse only) or living with others are likely to make adjustments in residential and care arrangements in later life. Surprisingly, transitions in …
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Moving Away from Home: A Map of Classroom Burnout
… mother's bi-polar disorder, and the demands of eldercare for her mother. She also explores her own habitual practice of being a student, in a reflective inquiry into the mind and situation of students from inside her own experiences. Interleaved vignettes of student interaction illustrate the …
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RF Front End for an Integrated Silhouette Capture and Boundary Detection Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave Ultra-Wideband Radar System for the Extension of Independent Living
<p>Limitations of current eldercare monitoring systems leave a need for new solutions. A monitoring system based on a frequency modulated continuous wave ultra-wideband short-range radar is proposed for this application. The complete proposed monitoring system is comprised of four blocks: boundary …
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Developing a social robotic companion for stress and anxiety mitigation in pediatric hospitals
… to be explored in the fields of education, eldercare and health management for the past decade. However, there has not been much research in how robots can socially engage in order to reduce negative affects of patients in pediatric context. This thesis introduces the Huggable robot that was …
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A Frequency-Modulated Continuous Wave-Based Boundary Detection System in a Small PCB Profile
… an Indoor Ultra-Wideband Short Range Radar-Based Eldercare Monitoring System” has determined that a frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) based system is an acceptable solution for boundary detection. A FMCW system can measure distance with less than 10cm accuracy if the chosen spectrum …
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Transformation of the US healthcare system with the advent of wireless sensing technologies
… true for chronic disease management and eldercare. We develop a view point to understand at a broad level how the US healthcare system is currently evolving and what role could new technologies, like wireless sensing, play in shaping its near future. These new technologies are slowly …
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“Pay, Protection, and Professionalism”: The History of Domestic Worker Organizing and the Future of Home Health Care in the United States
… – as well as the aging population served by eldercare workers.</p> <p>As the population ages and more Americans find themselves in the Sandwich Generation – caring for parents and children simultaneously – society will face a care crisis. This crisis bridges multiple issues that affect every …
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Mobility design and control of personal mobility aids for the elderly
… design and control issues of such devices. Eldercare environments are semi-structured, usually congested, and filled with static and/or dynamic obstacles. Developing effective mobility designs to achieve good maneuverability is a great challenge. An omni-directional mobility concept using …
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`We Are All Stories in the End, I Want Mine to be a Good One': College Students' Work-Family Expectations and the Role of Educational Experiences
… work with non-work roles (e.g., spouse, parent, eldercare provider), relatively little attention has been given to the expectations that people hold prior to occupying these roles, such as the amount of role conflict or fulfillment anticipated as a result of participating in both work and …
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Toward a Good Life in Later Life: Perspectives, Problems, and Responses
… and commercialization have impacted eldercare in the nursing home and end-of-life care in the hospital throughout the 20th century and up to the present. Suggestions for possible individual and societal responses to the problems of achieving one's own idea of aging well are offered. …
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Toward a Social Ontology of the Family
… of social insurance, subsidized childcare and eldercare, and a livable minimum wage.</p>
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Three essays on nutrition and health: sugar-sweetened beverages, postpartum military wellness, and online grocery shopping
… to be younger, more educated, female, have eldercare responsibilities, and live in households with children under 18 years. However, individuals residing in areas with low food store access are less likely to use online grocery services. At the intensive margin, consumers who shop online …