Identifying elderly people’s needs for communication and mobility Sauli Tiitta HIIT (Helsinki Institute for Information Technology)‚ Finland sauli.tiitta@hiit.fi Keywords Elderly people; communication; mobility; participatory observation; narratives‚ user needs; security and group coherence. Abstract The Finnish parliament’s future commission has listed challenges in elderly peoples lives that could be overcome using new technology. The two most important inhibiting factors affecting the
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The Hazard of Elderly Drivers “The Congress shall have Power…to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States…” (Section 8 [1] United States Constitution). Under the Constitution of the United States of America‚ government has the ability to implement laws that provide for the general well being of its citizens. Regardless of the circumstance‚ the government must act in the best interest of the civilians living within the United States. One of the most
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general population (“Depression in the Elderly”). These suicidal thoughts or actions are one of the many depressive symptoms in old age. These symptoms of depression in old age can be lessened by exercise. By having the elderly implement an exercise routine into their lives‚ they can stop themselves from being part of the statistics showing depression in old age. A high rate of elderly depression and differing and sometimes mistaken factors cause the elderly to have to accept depression as part of
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Should elderly drivers be allowed to drive? I have often wondered what the future holds for elderly drivers. It ’s difficult to voice my opinion(s) too strongly because it would seem as if I ’m stabbing myself in the back. If we all keep living we ’re all going to get old‚ so each and every one of us will have to face the scrutinizing pressures of society on whether or not elderly citizens should be allowed to drive. My answer would be one based purely on safety. Even though some elderly drivers
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In this chapter is being discussed the different roles that are carried out by elderly in different cultures and different periods of times. As a member of a society grows older‚ he or she usually changes roles or occupations. The acceptable roles for elders differ in each society. Some cultures utilize their elderly in many ways‚ while others just a few. There are many factors that distinguish the elderly in non industrialized societies from those living in the industrialized West. Older people
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Running Head: Seniors‚ Health and the Healthcare Industry Seniors‚ Health and the Healthcare Industry Seniors‚ Health and the Healthcare Industry Abstract As most of society is aware of healthcare is a hot topic and it is an issue that affects most everyone‚ from newborns to centenarians. I am going to show what issues affect most of our seniors in regards to mental challenges‚ cognitive degeneration‚ and physical health issues. In addition I am going to show how these changes jeopardize
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towards children‚ abuse of animals‚ insults of a racial‚ sexist‚ or religious nature‚ and indifference to the unfortunate. Although all of those topics are worthy to be discussed‚ this essay will focus on the abuse of the elderly. The capacity to abuse and take advantage of the elderly demonstrates that we as humans truly are the lowest animal. The first example that comes to mind is family members who’ve taken one of their parents into their home with the intention of taking care of them. While the
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debating on and some are good and some are bad. So if I’m in a car or walking by I always see elderly people driving. Sometimes it’s frustrating hearing from the news that a life has been lost in a accident due to an elderly person. I’m not saying for any elderly to stop from driving I just want to make the streets safer. Some reasons why elderly should retake their license is because daily in the world elderly people can mistake the pedals‚ the gas for the break and also not looking both ways before
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of nursing homes in Canada. He talks about abuse from the staff and from the seniors. This article specifically refers to two examples in Canada of this abuse and it also states that about seventy percent of nursing homes are a dumping place for elderly who are “mentally unstable”. McKie states that it is difficult to know exactly what is going on in nursing homes because the staff are aware when a safety check is going to happen and can fix whatever is wrong before this time comes. The CBC crew
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