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RSS elderlyCitizens use YouTube to keep gov't in check
News Eurim warns that simply replacing face-to-face services with internet access risks isolating the services from the most vulnerable, citing examples of the elderly being cut off following bank and post office closures. [31 Jul 2008]
Photos: A peek at the future of telemedicine
Photo Using webcam-based games to promote exercise could also help encourage elderly people to stay mobile. This technology could be used to help elderly people keep active at home, said Telefonica. Spanish telco Telefonica has been showcasing some of... [10 Jul 2008]
Biotechnology's Impact on Diseases of the Elderly: A White Paper
White Paper Biotechnology's Impact on Diseases of the Elderly: A White Paper" describes the costs of these eight age-related illnesses in human and economic terms. The report demonstrates not only that biotech medicines on the market have the most impact on... [03 Jul 2008]
BEA Enterprise 360o Platform Helps "Warm" Up the Elderly in Taiwan
White Paper Taiwan's Secom Group (SECOM) planned to roll out a new elderly care service - U-Care to meet the needs of the growing number of senior citizens in the society. SECOM is recognized as a pioneer in Taiwan's security services industry and remains the... [03 Jul 2008]
The Developed World's Demographic Transition - The Roles of Capital Flows, Immigration, and Policy
White Paper Over the next 30 years the number of elderly in the U.S.the EU, and Japan will more than double. At the same time, the number of workers available to pay the elderly their government-guaranteed pension and health care benefits will rise by less... [03 Jul 2008]
Does Money Protect Health Status? Evidence From South African Pensions
White Paper Elderly Black and Colored men and women who did not anticipate receiving large pensions in their lifetimes, and who did not pay into a pension system, are currently receiving more than twice median Black income per capita. [03 Jul 2008]
Cambridgeshire County Council and the Department of Health
White Paper Cambridgeshire County Council is now using mobile working technology to meet the Department of Health's requirement that all health and social service authorities work more closely when providing care to elderly people. [03 Jul 2008]
Describing the Form 5500-Business Register Match
White Paper The accurate measurement of employer-provided health and pension plan coverage is critically important for policy makers seeking to make national decisions that will affect the well-being of the current and future infirm and elderly population. [03 Jul 2008]
Controlled Speed Engineering, Brighouse Stair Lift Manufacturers
White Paper Designed to make elderly and disabled people who rely on stair lifts for mobility within their homes feel less vulnerable the innovation will enable remote monitoring and diagnosis of faults to inform carers and contractors of immediate or future... [03 Jul 2008]
Japan WAM Supports Its Aging Population with Help from IBM
White Paper Recently, the Japanese government implemented a new law - the Long Term Care Insurance System for Elderly in Japan. The population of Japan is aging at a rate unprecedented in other nations. It is expected that by 2010, 25 percent of the Japanese... [03 Jul 2008]
Photos: Say hello to Intel's little helpers
Photo Using a combination of RFID technology and a bracelet equipped with an accelerometer, Intel researchers hope that sensors on everyday objects will be able to tell if someone is successfully going about their daily routine, completing tasks such... [18 Jun 2008]
Who's on the wrong side of the UK digital divide?
News However, take-up amongst the most disadvantaged groups in society - those on low incomes, the elderly and people with disabilities - is lower. It's several years since former Prime Minister Tony Blair pledged to have achieved "universal internet... [07 Apr 2008]
Suffolk Councils join up IT to save costs
Case Study The county council is responsible for social services, children's services and adult community services, such as libraries, residential and home care for the elderly and people with disabilities, education, major highways, some planning, waste... [05 Feb 2008]
Engineering Productivity Supports Aggressive Growth
White Paper BHM Medical Inc.has been providing solutions for the elderly, disabled and the organizations and facilities that care for them for more than 15 years. The company's challenge was to lad the patient lift industry by being the first to bring new... [14 Jan 2008]
Fuzzy logic tech project to help the elderly
News Technology aimed at improving care and the quality of life for the elderly will receive a boost with a major project looking at computational intelligence. The technique has already been used in a number of applications but Coupland said: "What we... [03 Jan 2008]
