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The main goal of this paper is to try to increase the comfort and well-being of older people through the employment of some kind of automated processes that simplify daily work. So, this paper presents a prototype of an affective personal robotic trainer which, together with a non-invasive sensor, allows caregivers to monitor certain physical activities in order to improve their performance. In addition, the proposed system also takes into account how the person feels during the performance of the physical exercises and thus, determine more precisely if the exercise is appropriate or not for a specific person. ; e Spanish Government (RTI2018-095390-B-C31) and FCT—Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia through the Post-Doc scholarship SFRH/BPD/102696/2014 (A. Costa) and ...

Every person's place of residence is part of their everyday living environment and largely determines their sense of security, while housing conditions affect the quality of life. Therefore, proper housing conditions, meeting the needs of older people and a friendly local environment have an impact on experiencing old age. The research shows that the elderly want to stay in their own house/flat as long as possible, in a familiar and friendly environment. Therefore, it is equally important to adapt a flat or a house to the possibilities of older people, as well as appropriate shaping of the public space, enabling them to move freely. Moreover, aging in the place of residence should mean the launch of numerous services adapted to the changing needs of this very diverse group of elderly people over time, which is part of the de-institutionalization process.

The work of the Social Welfare Research Centre on family care of elderly people commenced in 1981 with a survey of carers in New South Wales and Tasmania. This first stage investigated the experience of 79 people who were looking after an elderly relative at home. A monograph published in 1982 laid out the theoretical issues in the analysis of family care and presented data from the first stage of the survey. In 1983, the SWRC made a further investigation of families caring for elderly relatives. The sample for the second survey, conducted in South Australia and New South Wales, consisted not only of families still providing care but also of 40 families who had recently stopped caring and had placed their relatives in a nursing home. A total of 79 families were studied in this second stage. This monograph is the second of three publications reporting the Social Welfare Research Centre's work on family care of elderly people. It reports data from the whole study (i.e. both the 1981 and 1983 survey samples) but does not attempt to extrapolate the findings. Its purpose is to present detailed survey results for discussion by key State and Federal policy makers in the health and welfare areas at a SWRC research meeting early in 1984. The final volume, due for publication later in 1984 after consultation with service providers and government officers, will analyse the findings and examine the policy ramifications of the data presented here.

The nature and extent of visual impairment among the elderly and their implications for health planning are described. Important components of the low vision examination, the kinds of low vision aids most useful for elderly persons, and the adaptive factors, including environmental controls, are emphasized as important aspects of the rehabilitation process.

Part 5: Smart Solutions for the Future ; International audience ; The number of information technology users increases as fast as new information technology develops. This paper aims to analyse Internet users older than 65 years and focusing on the Czech Republic, the Visegrad group (also referred to as V4) and the European Union. Elderly people use the Internet the least from all age groups. The partial aim of this paper is to analyse whether, since 2009, there has been a constant increase in Internet users in the elderly age group in the Czech Republic and also the EU. The second scientific issue deals with the confirmation that the number of Internet users in the 65+ age group is similar to the EU-28 and V4. The analysis showed that the number of 65+ users has been steadily increasing since 2009. In the Czech Republic only 28.4% elderly people used internet in 2015 and 26.7% in 2014. According to Eurostat methodology the Internet is used in the 65–74 years age group by 33% of users. More than one third (38%) of elderly aged 65–74 used the internet at least once a week in the EU-28.

AbstractAll EEC countries are faced with an ageing population, which means an increase of people in some way handicapped in everyday activities. A comparison of the solutions adopted by several EEC countries in the sectors of housing, home care services, residential and nursing homes shows that a real medico‐social policy has been worked out only in Denmark and the Netherlands. In France and the United Kingdom, public authorities have certainly defined policies which lay claim to providing overall coverage but they have not provided corresponding resources. In Germany and in Italy there is no clearly defined policy. Here we discuss the various factors which may account for these differences.