Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Addressing Ethical Issues in the Design of Patient and Caregiver Monitoring Technology in Aged Care Settings
(Joan Cahill, Niall O Neill, Sean McLoughlin and Sean Wetherall, School of Psychology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, and others)
Chapter 2. A Review of Assistive Technologies for Activities of Daily Living of Elderly
(Nirmalya Thakur and Chia Y. Han, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Ohio, US)
Chapter 3. Building a New Vision for Nursing Homes in Lebanon
(Marina Gharibian Adra, American University of Beirut, Hariri School of Nursing, Beirut, Lebanon)
Chapter 4. Elderly Homes and Elderly Care in Lebanon
(Ramzi Nasser and Jacqueline Doumit, Education Department, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE, and others)
Chapter 5. Care Workers and Quality of Care in Nursing Homes in Canada
(Zafar Mehdi and Ramzi Nasser, Department of Social Sciences, Dhofar Universty, Salalah, Oman, and others)
Chapter 6. International Perspectives Regarding Future Development in Nursing Homes: Hong Kong, Japan, and Germany
(Shuk Kwan Tang, Mimi M. Y. Tse, Noriko Yamamoto-Mitani and Andrea Budnick, School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, and others)
Chapter 7. Older Adults Living in Nursing Homes: Can We Do Something to Enhance Their Happiness and Reduce Their Pain?
(Tse, Mimi, NG, Shamay, Bai, Xue, Lee, Paul, Lo, Raymond and Tang, Shuk Kwan, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, and others)
Chapter 8. Desperate Souls: Medicare Home Care Ignores Patient Substance Abuse Assessment and Treatment
(William Cabin, Social Work Department, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, US)
Chapter 9. “I Love What I Do” How to Support Home Care Aides in Doing the Work They Love
(Sandra S. Butler, School of Social Work, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, US)
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