Based on observation and my experience over many years of voluntary community work, I have formed a strong belief that a government-led initiative, to involve the Senior Community with ICT, will have an immediate impact on the betterment of their lives.
Accordingly, let us start now and begin a basic system of Internet Access, followed by a second stage concerning Telecare Facilities, which will utilize existing features in use within EU, incorporating more advanced features following research.Once the basic system is up and running it will create a body of people ready to accept the more advanced technologies as they in turn come on stream.
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A study of the benefits Information and Communications Technology (ICT) may bring to the lives of Irish Senior Citizens. My Contribution to the 'Older & Bolder' Campaign
About Me
- djc
- I am an active Senior Citizen with a working background in electronics/communications and much voluntary work experience in Community affairs who, having discovered great enjoyment and benefits from usage of the Internet,wishes to promote its usage further for the benefit of members of our Senior Community. Much research is currently being undertaken into advanced usage of ICT to allow the development of telecare technologies, which would enable installation of monitors in the homes of older people. These monitors can include fall sensors, panic buttons or flood detectors and would normally be connected to a round-the-clock emergency call and response service. Use of telecare allows, for example, non-intrusive monitoring of whether an individual has got up in the morning, or has fallen, or has had a flood in the kitchen or bathroom. It can also be used to remind people to take medicine. It is incumbent on Seniors organisations to pursue such developments through and beyond the political stages. Please read item 10 of this blog which is my conclusion to this study and outlines my recommendations.
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