Researching Families and Paid Domestic Care

2019 ◽  
pp. 13-32
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Care

Enhancing data-driven elderly appointment services in domestic care communities under COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
H.Y. Lam ◽  
G.T.S. Ho ◽  
Daniel Y. Mo ◽  
Valerie Tang
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Care Service ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Care Centre ◽  
Service Matching ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Domestic Care

PurposeUnder the impact of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), this paper contributes in the deployment of the Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT)-based system, namely AIoT-based Domestic Care Service Matching System (AIDCS), to the existing electronic health (eHealth) system so as to enhance the delivery of elderly-oriented domestic care services.Design/methodology/approachThe proposed AIDCS integrates IoT and Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies to (1) capture real-time health data of the elderly at home and (2) provide the knowledge support for decision making in the domestic care appointment service in the community.FindingsA case study was conducted in a local domestic care centre which provided elderly oriented healthcare services to the elderly. By integrating IoT and AI into the service matching process of the mobile apps platform provided by the local domestic care centre, the results proved that customer satisfaction and the quality of the service delivery were improved by observing the key performance indicators of the transactions after the implementation of the AIDCS.Originality/valueFollowing the outbreak of COVID-19, this is a new attempt to overcome the limited research done on the integration of IoT and AI techniques in the domestic care service. This study not only inherits the ability of the existing eHealth system to automatically capture and monitor the health status of the elderly in real-time but also improves the overall quality of domestic care services in term of responsiveness, effectiveness and efficiency.

Three Domains of Migrant Domestic Care Work

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gudrun Bauer ◽  
Bettina Haidinger ◽  
August Österle
Keyword(s):  
Care Work ◽  
Domestic Care

scholarly journals Impact of Domestic Care Environment on Trauma and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder among Orphans in Western Kenya

PLoS ONE ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. e89937 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lukoye Atwoli ◽  
David Ayuku ◽  
Joseph Hogan ◽  
Julius Koech ◽  
Rachel Christine Vreeman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Care Environment ◽  
Western Kenya ◽  
Domestic Care

scholarly journals Love Bites – Do Venomous Arachnids Make Safe Pets?

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tobias J. Hauke ◽  
Volker Herzig
Keyword(s):  
Lower Risk ◽  
Pet Ownership ◽  
Negative Image ◽  
Global Estimate ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Media ◽  
In Captivity ◽  
Bites And Stings ◽  
Industrialised Countries ◽  
Domestic Care

With a global estimate of tens of thousands of arachnid enthusiasts, spiders and scorpions are gaining increasing popularity as pets in industrialised countries in Europe, Northern America and Asia. As most spiders and all scorpions are venomous and due to their mostly negative image in the public media, several governments are already considering introducing legislation to regulate the domestic care of potentially dangerous captive animals. We aimed to investigate the circumstances and effects of exposure to arachnids kept in captivity. Thus, we collected and analysed data from 335 reported bites and stings attributed to pet arachnids. Our data revealed that on average there were less than 20 recorded envenomations per year with ~90% preventable by due care. We also categorized the severity of the resulting symptoms and found that the vast majority of symptoms were either local (60.9%) or moderate (33.4%), 4.8% were asymptomatic, only 0.9% were severe and no fatalities were recorded. Based on our database of bite and sting reports, we performed a risk assessment for arachnid pet ownership and concluded that with the proper care arachnids can be safely kept as pets and pose a lower risk than many other recreational activities.

scholarly journals An Examination of the Gendered Effects of Trade Liberalization

2005 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 10
Author(s):  
Karen C. Melanson
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Trade Liberalization ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Informal Work ◽  
Raising Children ◽  
Economic Theories ◽  
Statistical Indicators ◽  
Domestic Care

This article explores an emerging argument that traditional definitions of trade liberalization actually hinder or even reverse women's gains in the worldwide marketplace. The article begins by exposing some of the flaws in traditional economic theories that lead to an overemphasis on statistical indicators of growth rather than more holistic measures of progress that consider socioeconomic status of poorer countries' citizens most notably women. The author purports that in reality women who have taken jobs in the factories and fields created as a result of outsourcing by developed countries' trade liberalization policies face a declining ability to provide valuable, although largely ignored informal work, including raising children and providing domestic care for their households. The value of this informal work to the global economy is estimated to be in the trillions of dollars. The author concludes by offering recommendations for future research into the effects of trade liberalization on women and the effects of lost informal or domestic, work on the global economy.

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