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1 online resource (141 pages). |
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text file |
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Aging Issues, health and financial alternatives
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Aging issues, health and financial alternatives series.
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| Contents |
Preface; Chapter 1; Report to the President: Independence, Technology, and Connection in Older Age*; Executive Office of the President President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology; Executive Summary and Recommendations; Study Scope; Social Connectivity and Emotional Health (Section 2); Changes in Cognitive Ability (Section 3); Changes in Physical Ability (Section 4); Recommendations in Summary; Cross-Cutting Recommendations; Recommendation 1: Integrating Federal Action; Recommendation 2: Engagement and Social Connectivity. |
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Recommendation 3: Monitoring Technology for Frail and Vulnerable Elders; Recommendation 4: Research Is Needed to Spur Further Innovation; Issue-Specific Recommendations; Recommendation 5: Education and Training in Online Technologies; Recommendation 6: Emergency Response and Communications; Recommendation 7: Financial Services; Recommendation 8: Cognitive Training; Recommendation 9: Improve Regulation and Payment to Reflect Innovation in Telehealth; Recommendation 10: Home Design to Sustain Independence; Recommendation 11: Improving Product Design for Older Adults' Needs. |
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Recommendation 12: Future Role of Assistive and Robotic Technologies; 1. Introduction and Cross-Cutting Issues; Study Overview; Potential of Technology; Cross-Cutting Themes; 2. Technologies for Social Connectivity and Emotional Health; Improving Engagement through Technology; Social Participation; Employment and Volunteerism; Information & Resources; Technology Utilization and Adoption; Federal Actions to Improve Connectivity; Education and Training; Including Older Americans in Emergency Disaster Planning; 3. Technologies to Address Changes in Cognitive Ability. |
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How Technology Can Monitor Cognitive Function; How Technology Can Protect Older Adults' Economic Security; The Promise of Technology to Maintain or Enhance Cognitive Health; Cognitive Enhancement; Cognitive Assistive Systems; 4. Technologies to Address Changes in Physical Ability; Telehealth; Promise of Telehealth; Federal Government Initiatives in Telehealth; Challenges for Telehealth Implementation; Improving Telehealth; Designing Buildings to Ensure Independence in the Home; Role of Home Design and Modifications; Role of Product Design; Compensating for Mobility Loss. |
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Appendix. Additional Experts Providing Input; Additional Acknowledgments; About the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology; The President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology; Co-Chairs; Vice Chairs; Members; Staff; PCAST Independence, Technology, and Connection for Older Adults Working Group; Co-Chairs; Working Group Members; Staff; Technical Writer; End Notes; Chapter 2; Aging America and Hearing Loss: Imperative of Improved Hearing Technologies; I. Age-Related Hearing Loss Is a Substantial National Problem; II. The Market for Hearing Aids Is Characterized by High Cost and Low Innovation. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Older people -- Services for.
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Older people -- Services for. |
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Older people -- Care.
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Older people -- Care. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Williams, Samuel K., editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version Technologies for healthy, graceful aging. New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., [2016] 9781536104165 (OCoLC)960030522 |
| ISBN |
9781536104172 (electronic book) |
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1536104175 (electronic book) |
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9781536104165 |
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1536104167 |
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