Essays about: "elderly people in the world"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 43 essays containing the words elderly people in the world.

1. 21. Constancy and Change Coexist: Chinese Filial Piety in the Era of Modernization

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

   Author : Junhua Zhu; [2019]
   Keywords : Left-behind Elderly; Empty Nester; Filial Piety; xiao; Social Changes; China; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The world has witnessed a rapidly aging China and as a result of the social changes, numerous elderly people are living alone in rural and urban areas. No matter how they have been termed, the reality about the contemporary Chinese elders is that their needs for care is unlikely to be met. READ MORE

3. 22. Improving well-being with virtual reality for frail elderly people : a mixed method approach letting them into the three-dimensional world

   University essay from KTH/Medicinteknik och hälsosystem

   Author : Safia Tahar Aissa; [2018]
   Keywords : Virtual Reality; VR; subjective well-being; SWB; mixed method; day care centers; frail elderly; Virtuell verklighet; VR; välmående; dagverksamhet; äldre personer;

   Abstract : Introduction: The Swedish population is ageing – resulting in an increase in the number of elderly people and higher socioeconomic demands that the society needs to support them with. In Sweden, frail elderly people with for example mobility and cognitive problems, have the opportunity to attend a day care center where they can join activities and to socialize. READ MORE

4. 23. Engineering Requirements for platform, integrating health data

   University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för tillämpad signalbehandling

   Author : Kamil Korziuk; Tomasz Podbielski; [2018]
   Keywords : Arduino; Health Care; Kalman Filter; Fall Detection; Telemedicine;

   Abstract : In the world that we already live people are more and more on the run and population ageing significantly raise, new technologies are trying to bring best they can to meet humans’ expectations. Survey’s results, that was done during technology conference with elderly on Blekinge Institute of Technology showed, that no one of them has any kind of help in their home but they would need it. READ MORE

5. 24. Redesign of an overhead system : Concept development of a Vertical Support System at Liko Hill-Rom

   University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik och samhälle

   Author : Annika Nyberg; Sofia Ödling; [2017]
   Keywords : Overhead System; Vertical Support; Industrial Design Engineering; Usability; Health Care; Prototype;

   Abstract : This project is a master theses in Industrial Design Engineering written during the autumn of 2017 at Luleå University of Technology and Liko-Hill-Rom in Alvik, Luleå. Liko Hill-Rom is a world-leading company that manufactures and develops patient lifts, slings, mobile lifts, etc. to customers around the world. READ MORE

6. 25. Adapting Society for the Ageing Population Through Architecture and Urban Planning

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitet

   Author : Jessica Nilsson; [2017]
   Keywords : Ageing population; Elderly; Role; Intergenerational; Social exchange; Ageism; Loneliness; Isolation;

   Abstract : People are getting older in the world and the aging population is increasing each year which lead to a higher demand of the society to care for the elderly population. In the year of 2050 there will be over 2 billion elderly people in the world and most of them will live in the developing countries. READ MORE