Safe at Home with Assistive Technology

1. Prerequisites: Assistive Technologies Between User Centered Assistance and ‘Technicalization’
Ingrid Kollak

2. Living Safely and Actively in and Around the Home: Four Applied Examples from Avatars and Ambient Cubes to Active Walkers
Martin Biallas, Edith Birrer, Daniel Bolliger, Andreas Rumsch, Rolf Kistler, Alexander Klapproth

3. Using Gaze Control for Communication and Environment Control: How to Find a Good Position and Start Working
Maxine Saborowski, Claudia Nuß, Anna Lena Grans, Ingrid Kollak

4. Caring TV—for Older People with Multimorbidity Living Alone: Positive Feedback from Users in Berlin and Rural Mecklenburg-West Pomerania
Stefan Schmidt, Anke S. Kampmeier

5. Arm Rehabilitation at Home for People with Stroke: Staying Safe: Encouraging Results from the Co-designed LifeCIT Programme
Ann-Marie Hughes, Claire Meagher, Jane Burridge

6. Telemonitoring in Home Care: Creating the Potential for a Safer Life at Home
Natalie Jankowski, Laura Schönijahn, Michael Wahl

7. Empowering the Elderly and Promoting Active Ageing Through the Internet: The Benefit of e-inclusion Programmes
María Sánchez-Valle, Mónica Vinarás Abad, Carmen Llorente-Barroso

8. Use and Development of New Technologies in Public Welfare Services: A User-Centred Approach Using Step by Step Communication for Problem Solving
Josef M. Huber, Helen Schneider, Verena Pfister, Barbara Steiner

9. Parents’ Experiences of Caring for a Ventilator-Dependent Child: A Review of the Literature
Minna Lahtinen, Katja Joronen

10. Evaluation and Outcomes of Assistive Technologies in an Outpatient Setting: A Technical-Nursing Science Approach
Ulrike Lindwedel-Reime, Alexander Bejan, Beatrix Kirchhofer, Peter Koenig

11. Assistive Technology for People with Dementia: Ethical Considerations
Hesook Suzie Kim

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Geriatric Care, Biomedical Engineering, Health Economics, Rehabilitation, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy