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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465679403321

Titolo

The role of human factors in home health care [[electronic resource] ] : workshop summary / / Steve Olson, rapporteur ; Committee on the Role of Human Factors in Home Health Care, Committee on Human-Systems Integration, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : National Academies Press, c2010

ISBN

1-282-91705-6

9786612917059

0-309-15630-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (323 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

OlsenSteven

Disciplina

362.140973

Soggetti

Home care services - United States

Caregivers - United States

Medical personnel-caregiver relationships

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Part I: Workshop Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 The People Who Receive and Provide Home Health Care""; ""3 Home Health Care Tasks and Tools""; ""4 The Environments of Home Health Care""; ""5 Concluding Discussion""; ""Part II: Workshop Papers""; ""6 The Health Care Challenge: Matching Care to People in Their Home Environments--Neil Charness""; ""7 Informal Caregivers in the United States: Prevalence, Caregiver Characteristics, and Ability to Provide Care--Richard Schulz and Connie A. Tompkins""

""8 Medical Devices in Home Health Care--Molly Follette Story""""9 Information Technology and Systems in Home Health Care--George Demiris""; ""10 The Physical Environment and Home Health Care--Jonathan Sanford""; ""11 Impact of Cultural, Social, and Community Environments on Home Care--Steven M. Albert""; ""12 Effects of Policy, Reimbursement, and Regulation on Home Health Care--Peter A.



Boling""; ""Appendix: Workshop Agenda and Participants""