Informational ecology and care workers: Safety alarm systems in Finnish elderly-care organizations

Work

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 87-97

  Melkas, Helinä ^a  

^a LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Care work; impact assessment; information quality; informational ecology; safety alarm systems

Indexed keywords

AGED; COMPUTER NETWORK; DEVICE SAFETY; ECOLOGY; EMERGENCY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FINLAND; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MALE; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REVIEW; SAFETY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; ECOLOGY; EMERGENCIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; FINLAND; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOME NURSING; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; NURSING HOMES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 78650571307     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2010-1060     Document Type: Article

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