Telecommunications and disabled people: A rural perspective
| Autor: | Nigel Walford, Robert Gant |
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| Rok vydání: | 1998 |
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Rural Population CARE Act Health (social science) Activities of daily living media_common.quotation_subject Geography Planning and Development Telecommunications service Disabled people Context (language use) State Medicine Activities of Daily Living Humans Medicine Disabled Persons Life Style Aged media_common Aged 80 and over business.industry Perspective (graphical) Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Middle Aged Independence England Telecommunications Community setting Female business |
| Zdroj: | Health & Place. 4:245-263 |
| ISSN: | 1353-8292 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s1353-8292(98)00019-7 |
| Popis: | In the context of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 this paper focuses on the role of home- and community-based telecommunication services in sustaining the life-style and independence of elderly and disabled people in rural Britain. It draws on findings from a recent survey in the North Cotswolds to evaluate four models of telecommunication support: telephone trees; community alarm systems; community teleservice centres (CTCs); and on-line computer systems. The arguments in favour of a "low-cost-voluntary-care-support-model", a variant of the CTC, are discussed with respect to client need and community setting. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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