Assistive Technologies For The Elderly People : The Perception and Attitude of the Malaysian Elderly towards Assistive Technologies

ISBN-13: 9783659913662 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 104 str.

Muhammed Abushara

Opis

Everyone will go through a normal process that affects his well-being in some way. This process is called "Aging" where we could face some difficulties to drive our cars or to climb the stairs or to practice any type of sports. But with all these challenges that come with aging each and every one of us will want to practice those activities that are used to enjoy. No one would like others to control how they live, we always tend to be independent and live comfortably in our own homes. Nowadays, and with the much reduction of service workers and the increment of elderly individuals every year; the community, the family members and even the elderly individuals themselves are looking for a new strategy or replacement of the human help due to its limitation of availability and cost. Even though human assistance can never be completely replaced, assistive technologies are closely looked at because it could improve the quality of life for older adults as well as care givers.

O autorze

Muhammed Abushara is a business consultant and operations professional. He obtained his Master's degree in Engineering Management at Universiti Putra Malaysia and took several diploma certificates in the fields of Business Management, Quality Management, Operations and Marketing. He is highly involved in social work and youth development programs.