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Tuesday, September 14, 2010

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Watch Call Button For Emergency Calls For Seniors/Elderly, Those Living Alone

You can now call for help with a wireless emergency panic button built into a real working watch.

nationalcallsystems

entry-level Wireless Nurse Call System is great for your smaller facility of 2-20 residents.

Visonic Technologies

Alert Notification Options that automatically delivers the correct patient call,

24hrs-a-day to the right medical responder no matter where the caregiver happens to be.

WithoutBoundaries Storefront system comes with two Caregiver Call Buttons and one Caregiver Pager with 300 ft. range.

Pager has an audible alarm, and is small enough to be carried in a pocket or clipped to a belt A call button may be mounted on the headboard of a bed or worn as a pendant around the neck -- or even attached to the wall in the bathroom. The Pager/Receiver has two alert settings

healthandcare.co.uk Wireless PIR With Pager & Help Call Buttons

The RCG-04 is a simple to use kit comprising of 2 x call button transmitters with neck-cord attachment, 1 x caregiver alarm pager and 1 x battery operated PIR. A press of the call button will raise an alarm to the pager with an operating range in excess of 100 Metres. The battery powered PIR with on/off switch and wall fixing bracket provides a quick and reliable method of detecting a person leaving their bed (fixed at low level aiming up the side of a bed) or approaching a door to leave the building. The PIR can be switched on at night when going to bed, should a person walk into the detection beam the pager will respond.

Verizon V400AM-1 features easy to read display, for the visually impaired, and enhanced acoustics for the hearing impaired. The V400AM-1 offers piece of mind with one touch dialing, available for programming emergency numbers on the base and handset.

BIG RED Emergency Button big_red_stick_bat.gif (16706 bytes) place BIG RED button in the rooms you most frequent. In an emergency, push the BIG RED button, holding it down for 4 seconds. It will send a RF (radio frequency) signal to the main console, which will trigger an alarm -- the lights flash, the siren sounds, and it calls ORCA's monitoring station for emergency help (if you have an Monitored system). All BIG REDs are wireless, battery operated, and mountable to almost any surface. . Requires any X10 Security Transceiver - Sold with transceivers or base stations included in security kits like Protector plus (DS7000)

Guardian Alert 911 Talk directly to a 911 emergency operator at the push of a button.

DesignTech's Guardian Alert 911™ requires no monthly subscription or service fee. Guardian Alert 911 works just like a cordless phone on any standard phone line with 911 service and tone dialing. Guardian Alert 911 can be comfortably worn around the neck, clipped on a belt, or carried in a pocket at all times. Great for babysitters, woodworkers, diabetics, singles and senior citizens. The Battery Backup should be considered for this device so that it will operate during a power outage. No monthly fees

www.iplp.com/

provides onsite wireless paging software systems for on-premise paging

getting trained to care for persons living with Alzheimer's

Alzheimer's Dementia Hands-On Care DVD: "The Art of Caregiving" with Care Expert Teepa Snow http://tinyurl.com/jetswp2

A quote from: Ethelle Lord, DM "I found something worse than
receiving a diagnosis of Alzheimer's. It is not getting the workforce
trained in time to care for persons living with Alzheimer's whether
at home or in a care center." Ethelle Lord is President
remembering4you.com based in Maine

Pines Education Institute of S.W. Florida
{QUOTE}Caring for that special someone is a task that becomes harder with each day. You want to give the best possible care and quality of life, but wonder at times whether there is something you are missing.

Teepa Snow will show you in "The Art of Caregiving" how to provide the most comfort for mind, body, and soul for your person with dementia. She provides detailed, easy-to-follow explanations for daily tasks, such as helping to eat, move, bathe, or getting dressed.
Her program is a great learning tool for anyone, from beginning in-home caregiver to experienced professional.

Teepa's insights are based on a foundation of science, mixed with a genuine dose of love and understanding for people with dementia.

Learn with Teepa and share in the experience of what a positive, person-centered care approach can do for you and your loved one.
View video excerpts on www.youtube.com/user/PinesofSarasota {END QUOTE}

My name is Dave Mainwaring

I have been told that I fit the description a knowledge_worker. I retrieved the following from Wikipedia.com http://tinyurl.com/qat4yy2

As a Helper I transfer information to teach others, once they passed a problem. Assisiting with dissemination, feedback, information search, learning, networking

As a Learner I use information and practices to improve personal skills and competence.

As a Linker I associate and mash up information from different sources to generate new information. Reading , dissemination, information search, information organization, networking

As a Networker I create personal or project related connections with people involved in the a wide variety of work, to share information and support each other.

As a Retriever I search and collect information on a given topic or variety of topics.

As a Sharer I disseminate information in a variety of communities.

As a Solver I share with who seek to provide a way to deal with a problem.

References I found on Knowledge_work {which I have not read yet}

Davenport, Thomas H. (2005). Thinking For A Living: How to Get Better Performance and Results From Knowledge Workers. Boston: Harvard Business School Press. ISBN 1-59139-423-6.

Reinhardt, W.; Schmidt, B.; Sloep, P.; Drachsler, H. (2011). "Knowledge Worker Roles and Actions – Results of Two Empirical Studies". Knowledge and Process Management 18 (3): 150–174. doi:10.1002/kpm.378.

Pyöriä, P. (2005). "The Concept of Knowledge Work Revisited". Journal of Knowledge Management 9 (3): 116–127. doi:10.1108/13673270510602818.

Mosco, V.; McKercher, C. (2007). "Introduction: Theorizing Knowledge Labor and the Information Society". Knowledge Workers in the Information Society. Lanham: Lexington Books. pp. vii–xxiv. ISBN 978-0-7391-1781-1.

Mcdermott, Michael (2005). "Knowledge Workers: You can gauge their effectiveness". Leadership Excellence 22 (10): 15–17. ISSN 8756-2308.

Cooper, Doug (2006). "Knowledge Workers". Canadian Business 79 (20): 59.

Kelley, Robert E. (1986). The Gold-collar Worker: Harnessing the Brainpower of the New Workforce. Reading: Addison-Wesley. ISBN 0-201-11739-8.

Cortada, James W. (1998). Rise of the Knowledge Worker. Boston: Butterworth-Heinemann. ISBN 0-7506-7058-4.

Jemielniak, Dariusz (2012). The New Knowledge Workers. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. ISBN 978-1-8484-4753-0.

"Managing Knowledge Workers: Getting the Most From Them". MindTools.com. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
Drucker, P. F. (1959). The Landmarks of Tomorrow New York: Harper and Row.
Drucker. P.F. (1999). Management Challenges for the 21st Century. Harper Collins.

Weiss, Paul A. (1960). "Knowledge a growth process". Science 130: 1716–1719.

Savage, Charles (1995). Fifth Generation Management: Co-creating through Virtual Enterprising, Dynamic Teaming and Knowledge Networking. Boston: Butterworth-Heinemann. ISBN 0-7506-9701-6.

Haag, S.; Cummings, M.; McCubbrey, D.; Pinsonneault, A.; Donovan, R. (2006). Management Information Systems for the Information Age (3rd Canadian ed.). Canada: McGraw Hill Ryerson. ISBN 0-07-095569-7.

Bogdanowicz, Maureen S.; Bailey, Elaine K. (2002). "The Value of Knowledge and the Values of the New Knowledge Worker: Generation X in the New Economy". Journal of European Industrial Training 26 (2–4): 125–129. doi:10.1108/03090590210422003.

Davenport, Thomas H.; Prusak, Laurence (1998). Working Knowledge: How Organizations Manage What They Know. Boston: Harvard Business School Press. ISBN 0-87584-655-6.

Drucker, Peter F. (1999). Management Challenges of the 21st Century. New York: Harper Business. ISBN 0-88730-998-4.
Drucker, Peter F. (1973). Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices. New York: Harper & Row. ISBN 0-06-011092-9.

Mcgee, James; Prusak, Lawrence (1993). Managing Information Strategically: Increase Your Company's Competitiveness and Efficiency by Using Information as a Strategic Tool. New York: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-57544-5.

Mumford, Lewis (1961). The City in History: Its Origins, its Transformations, and its Prospects. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World.

Simard, Albert; Broome, John; Drury, Malcolm; Haddon, Brian; O’Neil, Bob; Pasho, Dave (2007). Understanding Knowledge Services at Natural Resources Canada. Ottawa: Natural Resources Canada, Knowledge Services Task Group. ISBN 978-0-662-44528-9.

Tapscott, Don; Williams, Anthony D. (2006). Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything. New York: Penguin. ISBN 1-59184-138-0.

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