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Supporting Independent Living Using Advances in Healthcare Technology

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Supporting Independent Living INTRODUCTION 3 TASK 13 1.1 Technology used to support health and social care services in living independently 3 1.2 Different types of barriers while using advanced technology 4 1.3 Benefits of latest technologies to various health and social care organisation and users 5 TASK 25 2.1 Health and safety considerations in the use of technologies in healthcare 5 2.2 Different type of ethical considerations in the use of technology 6 2.3 Impact of development in technology in health and social care services 7 TASK 37 3.1 Different needs of Jane'

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Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3TASK 1............................................................................................................................................31.1 Technology used to support health and social care services in living independently......31.2 Different types of barriers while using advanced technology..........................................41.3 Benefits of latest technologies to various health and social care organisation and users.5TASK 2............................................................................................................................................52.1 Health and safety considerations in the use of technologies in healthcare.......................52.2 Different type of ethical considerations in the use of technology....................................62.3 Impact of development in technology in health and social care services.........................7TASK 3............................................................................................................................................73.1 Different needs of Jane's to support independently living..............................................73.2 Recommendation of how technologies support independent living.................................83.3 Usefulness of technology for users and social care services............................................9CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11
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INTRODUCTION Technology is an important factor which plays an essential role in the healthcare sector asit assist individual to live their life independently and freely (Fischinger and et. al., 2016). As thetime is changing, advancement in technology also helps to diagnose the treatment and treat themefficiently and effectively. This report is based on two different case studies i.e., sally and Jeanwho are suffering from different type of disease which makes their life hard to live. Advantagesand disadvantages of technology in healthcare sector will be discussed. Moreover its ethicalconditions and positive or negative impact of technology on healthcare services will also beexplained with functional example. Different kind of techniques which are supportingindependent living in social care service will be elaborated. TASK 11.1 Technology used to support health and social care services in living independentlyTechnology is one of the noted inventionwhich society is facing as sometimes it makeslife easier and other side it also creates a negative impact on the living of individual. It helpsperson who are suffering from disabilities to live their life independently and maintain theirdignity and freedom. Different types of technology is used in the case study to make sally lifeeasier. For instance, she was complaining about tingling and numbness in left foot and moreoversuffering from double vision. To cope up with that GP placed sally on disease modulatingmedication which is used to decrease rheumatoid arthritis. Besides this various workshops isbeen taken so that sally would be knowledgable about lifestyles which she should follow todecrease fatigueness (Bedaf, Gelderblom and De Witte, 2015). In addition to this, individualshould be aware about numerous types of devices which is available in the market that's why herGP has requested technology specialist to provide information about devices which could helpher to minimize effects of disease. Sally was having difficulty to live their life due to weakness and numbness in left footand to solve this, technology called ankle foot orthosis (AFO) is used. It would help out her toconduct daily operations like drive their children for school activities etc. Besides this, to removethe difficulty of typing, her GP suggested advanced keyboards which would help her to type withnormal speed. Keyboard is equipped with latest ideas in which letter size has increase to a certainlevel and nearby by yellow colour. Her driver training specialist suggested her to use vehicle
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which is equipped with spinner knob and accelerator on her life side so to avoid the usage of herright food. Moreover driving lessons is given to her to learn the new style of driving. At last, sally and their family has also noticed that she was having some problem with hermemory functions. After thorough analysis by psychologist, she was suggested to use personaldigital assistant (PDA) which would help her to remember things which she could not rememberin the first time (Ruan, 2016). This device is used after carefully studied problem she was havingas sally have to press a single button on the machine and next activities which she would bedoing will come out on the device. Technology is a boon for healthcare sector as it helps doctorsand hospitals to understand the problem clearly and demolished it from the base by usingadvanced treatment and diagnosis. Main motto of using this is to decrease dependency ofpatients on other individual and live a life like a normal person. 1.2 Different types of barriers while using advanced technologyHealthcare sector is one of the complex industry in which not even a single mistake isacceptable as it could cause of life of patient. But technology is less dependent in nature as it stillin its infancy stage. Different barriers which could be faced by sally while adopting technology isgiven below, Financial problem: Technology is made after many attempts due to which cost ofproducts becomes higher. It has not been clear about the funds which is used to acquire productbut still latest technology always comes up with higher prices. From the above case study,technology will become a barrier if funds are not available to sally. Inappropriate knowledge and Technical breakdown: Information and knowledge isrequired by a patients to run the technology given to them (Rashidi and Mihailidis, 2013). If sallyis illiterate or does not know how to use it then it is of no use to her. Moreover she won't get thedesired results which she is expecting to come. For instance, sally is been suffering from hermemory and chances of forgetting the procedure of using products is also high. Besides thischances of having problem like battery problem, products not working according to expectationof doctors are high due to which she might feel hurdles in living their life independently. Short term: Physicians or general practitioner work is to remove the disease due towhich patients is suffering from but on the other side technology is a just a way of diverting theproblem. For instance, by using PDA devices sally can remember things which she have to do infuture but the real problem is still unsolved i.e., how it can be removed. Apart from this, spinner
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