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Telegerontology®: A New Technological Resource for Elderly Support

Telegerontology®: A New Technological Resource for Elderly Support
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Author(s): José Millán-Calenti (University of A Coruña, Spain)and Ana Maseda (University of A Coruña, Spain)
Copyright: 2011
Pages: 15
Source title: Handbook of Research on Personal Autonomy Technologies and Disability Informatics
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Javier Pereira (University of A Coruna, Spain)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-206-0.ch021

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Abstract

One of the priorities of a modern society must be to offer all individuals the possibility to access all resources available. In this sense, there are still great differences even among well-developed countries when it comes to facing shortages in two important groups, elderly people and disabled people, even more so in the case of elderly people who are also disabled. The amazing progress of remote ICT applied to this field has meant spectacular advances, some of which will be described in this chapter. We will also devote one section to future tendencies and finally, we will focus on the system called Telegerontology®, which apart from including the basic principles of accessibility and usability, also includes those of gerontology attention, i.e., the capacity to assess the patient before the intervention.

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