Personal Response Systems: An International Report of a New Home Care Service

ISBN-13: 9781138978232 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 250 str.

Andrew S Dibner

Opis

This important new book describes the origins, developments, and current status of personal response systems, a new means for persons at risk who live alone to get help in case of emergency. In Personal Response Systems, experts from ten countries report on the status, achievements, and challenges involved in setting up, distributing, and operating personal response systems (PRS). Experienced authors from a variety of backgrounds describe the technology, economics, and social effects of PRS, and its integration into existing health and housing programs. Professionals involved in providing health services will find important information about the most efficient and cost effective designs of personal response systems.

O autorze

Andrew S. Dibner, PhD, is considered the Father of Personal Response Systems (PRS) in the United States. He first created the “lifeline” concept in 1972 while on sabbatical at Duke University and has since devoted his career to the development of this service. In 1974, Dr. Dibner and his wife Susan, a sociologist, founded Lifeline Systems, Inc., the leading company in PRS in the world. He has performed numerous studies of the system’s effectiveness and has promoted its acceptance by government and health care providers nationally and internationally. Dr. Dibner’s background is in clinical psychology and as a professor at Boston University, he specialized in the psychology of aging.