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Elderly To Benefit From 'fuzzy Logic' Research
News Technology aimed at improving care and 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're...
[January 4, 2008, 8:25]
Disabled And Elderly Excluded By New Technology
News Charities are calling upon businesses, the IT industry and government to make technologies such as PCs, mobile phones and televisions more easily accessible and affordable for disabled people and the elderly.
[May 15, 2006, 16:05]
States Respond To Fiscal Stress: Implications For Elderly Women On Medicaid
White Papers Women make up the vast majority of elderly Medicaid beneficiaries because they are more likely to be poorer and sicker, and, thus, to meet Medicaid's eligibility criteria. More than 70 percent of elderly Medicaid beneficiaries are women.
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Biotechnology's Impact On Diseases Of The Elderly: A White Paper
White Papers 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...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Care For The Elderly With Mobile Technology From Nokia
White Papers The Municipality of Borkop in the west of Denmark is in the process of introducing a mobile solution for home nursing and care in the district - a solution that is based on the Nokia 9210i Communicator, and which makes the everyday work of social...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Using Smart Sensors And A Camera Phone To Detect And Verify The Fall Of Elderly Persons
White Papers This paper presents a fall detection system for elderly people. The core of the system is an intelligent sensor consisting of three accelerometers and a processor capable of analysing incoming data in real time and classifying motions events such...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
BEA Enterprise 360o Platform Helps "Warm" Up The Elderly In Taiwan
White Papers 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...
[July 3, 2008, 1:01]
EC Launches Tech Scheme For Elderly
News The plan will not only help mobilise digital technologies to improve the social participation and daily lives of the elderly but will create opportunities for European industry, Reding said. The European Commission has outlined plans to use...
[June 18, 2007, 9:05]
Financing Long-Term Care For The Elderly
White Papers Over the next several decades, the population of U.S.seniors - people aged 65 and older - is expected to grow rapidly, more than doubling by 2040 while the population as a whole grows by about one-third.
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Study: Women And Elderly Lead Internet Charge
News Women and older people are becoming the most active users of the web, a major report by Ofcom has revealed. This year's edition of the regulator's annual UK Communications Market survey shows that, in the age group between 25-49, the internet is...
[August 23, 2007, 14:35]
E.C.S (Elderly Care System)
Downloads E.C.S is a complete care software package for Residential and Nursing Homes. The software has been designed in complete collaboration with professional nurses and care assistants to provide your business with a competitive edge and help it grow.
[November 20, 2007, 6:01]
UK Still Divided Along Digital Lines
News Britain is still divided by a digital gulf which separates the elderly and lower-income households from the rest of the nation, according to Ofcom. However, among the elderly and low-income households that figure is still just 40 percent.
[June 2, 2006, 10:10]
Pervasive Computing Enables Preventative Care
White Papers Aarhus Kommune was determined to improve the quality of life of its elderly citizens, and wanted to explore recent technological advancements to improve quality of care and better sustain the health of its aging populace.
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Spanish Police Smash £13m Email Scam
Talkback hello, ialready told that these lottery people are trying to cheat even poor elderly people,is there any way to stop them? if there is real money with these lottery people,will any one or police or law people recover that money and send to these...
[September 4, 2004, 20:47]
The Developed World's Demographic Transition - The Roles Of Capital Flows, Immigration, And Policy
White Papers 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...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
TilliT: Swedish Project Transforms Patient Homecare And Enhances Job Satisfaction With Intel Centrino Mobile Technology
White Papers Local authorities and health services face escalating costs to provide care for the elderly at home - yet this is usually the preferred option for care recipients. TilliT is a three-phased project aimed at giving workers information on the elderly...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Social Security Lifts 13 Million Seniors Above The Poverty Line: A State-by-State Analysis
White Papers This paper looks at disposable income and compares it with the federal poverty line, which is now $9,060 for a single elderly individual, or $11,418 for an elderly couple. Three years of data are averaged to improve the reliability of the state...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Does Money Protect Health Status? Evidence From South African Pensions
White Papers 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.
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Social Security: Societal Changes Add Challenges To Program Protections
White Papers Today, older Americans' dependency on public assistance is dramatically lower than Depression-era levels, and poverty rates among the elderly are now lower than for the population as a whole. At the same time, Social Security has become the single...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
ISP Forced To Take Action On Viruses
Talkback Nowadays, a person sending spam is Granny, and she has no idea she's doing it," said Joe Stewart, a senior security researcher at Lurhq, a corporate security company.while i agree that there are some elderly people,and not all female either, that...
[March 18, 2004, 18:13]
