Handbook of Digital Homecare

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Yogesan, Kanagasingam. (Editor), Bos, Lodewijk. (Editor), Brett, Peter. (Editor), Gibbons, Michael Christopher. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Series in Biomedical Engineering,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Medical records > Data processing.; Nursing.; Information systems.; Computer science.; Biomedical engineering.; Biomedical Engineering.; Health Informatics.; Information Systems and Communication Service.; Computers and Society.; User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01387-4
• Physical Description: online resource.
• ISBN: 9783642013874
• ISSN: 1864-5763

Digital Homecare is a collection of services to deliver, maintain and improve care in the home environment using the latest ICT technology and devices. It is important to recognize the wide range of issues that are covered by digital homecare. This book shows a good selection of related issues, be it experience, technologies, managerial issues or standardization. A very diverse "audience"; elderly, people with chronic conditions, disabled, to name the most important groups, benefits from digital homecare, within the comfort and protection of their own homes.