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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Elderly person"”.
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Multi-sensor activity recognition of an elderly person.
… key part of the intelligent sys- tems to allow elderly people to live independently at homes, reduce care cost and burden to the caregivers, provide assurance for the fam- ilies, and promote better care. However, current activity recognition systems mainly focus on the technical aspect i.e. …
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The Effects of Voluntary Decision to Enter a Supervised-living Apartment Dwelling on Elderly Residents' Frequency of Experienced Uplifts, Hassles, and Self-Efficacy
… complex on the overall quality of life for an elderly individual. The research questions were as follows:<br> 1. What relationships exist between perceived voluntary decision to enter a supervised-living apartment dwelling, selected demographic variables and the frequency of uplifts experienced …
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Identification and prediction of abnormal behaviour activities of daily living in intelligent environments
… methods for supporting independent living of the elderly (and specifically patients who are suffering from dementia) by means of equipping their home with a simple sensor network to monitor their behaviour and identify their Activities of Daily Living (ADL). Dementia is considered to be one of the …
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Educación a lo largo de toda la vida: el caso del Aula Universitaria de Mayores "La Línea"
… feelings and experiences on their first year in Elderly University Class La Linea (we belong to the Elderly University Class of Cadiz). We are settled in La Linea de la Concepcion (Cadiz-Spain), in the building of the University Professional School of Teachers called "Virgen de Europa".The …
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Konflikt rolí žen ze sendvičové generace pracujících v pomáhajících profesích
… one dependent child, care for at least one aging elderly person and work in the helping professions. The expected number of participants in the empirical survey is 60. The aim of the empirical investigation will be to analyse the conflict between work and family among women from the sandwich …
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Work–Family Conflict in Low-Income Households
… their jobs in case they needed to care for an elderly person or for their children. However, since value is not placed in family structures there has not been much development in that area. The FMLA fails to account for the grand majority of people in the U.S., especially those of lower …
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The cognitively-impaired institutionalized elderly: spousal perceptions and expectations of nursing care
… to their cognitively-impaired institutionalized elderly mate. Data were collected by means of a self-administered questionnaire, based on the concept of caring, designed to elicit spouses' perceptions and expectations of certain identified nursing care activities. These nursing careactivities …
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MyRoom: A user-centred model of affective responsive architecture
… of wireless sensor networks in environments for elderly people. Vitruvian principles of “commodity, firmness and delight” inform the research process and become embedded in the final design proposals and research conclusions. The issue of person-environment fit becomes a key principle in …
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Essays in empirical development economics
… South African children under age 5 live with an elderly person. This chapter examines whether this large positive income shock was followed by an improvement of anthropometric status. Estimates suggest that pensions received by women had a large and significant impact on the anthropometric status …
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Association Between the Number of Remaining Teeth and Body Mass Index in Older Adults
… life span of people is increasing and the elderly population has rapidly grown, delivering a social dilemma, the older generation’s various health problems. Among these, dental health is one of the crucial factors affecting the health of the whole body. In particular, the ability to chew …