Boštjan Kerbler
DOI: 10.35666/28310438.2014.3.826
UDC: 911.3:364.4-053.9
Abstract: Western society is characterized by increasing ageing. Due to ageing of the population, countries are dealing with increasing financial needs in providing adequate social, health and housing care as well as the issue of insufficient capacities and long waiting lists at hospitals and retirement homes. One of society’s responses to these issues is also the idea that elderly people should be given the opportunity to stay in their home environment as long as possible, capable of living as independently as possible with high quality of life. International research shows that this could be achieved by developing new information and communication technologies (ICT), which would provide remote home care or “telecare”. In the article opportunities, problems and solutions of a remote home care system as part of the regular or general health and social care system for the elderly are presented.
Keywords: ageing population, living environment, ageing at home, quality of living of the elderly, information and communication technologies, ICT, remote home care, telecare.