Abstract

Aged population of senior citizens is growing noticeably at different regions in the world. Consequently, there are great numbers of demands for healthcare services. One of the services is assistive walking devices which have important role in mobility, stability, walking, and independency of older adults. Although various type of walking devices are available for older adults, yet fall incidents with severe injuries take place. Therefore, it is critical to analyze fall incidents, find out fall factors, and assess walking devices to minimize fall. This paper mainly focuses on risk factors of fall, considerable role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in walking devices, and also analyzes fall incidents with the purpose of understanding how fall incidents take place. This paper assists to have a clear understanding about fall incidents and its associated injuries.peration and its successful implementation will be the guarantor of justice and prevent impunity and escape the Probable criminals and suspects to countries far away from the crime scene. In the last two centuries globally in many countries have enacted expanded domestic law in the area of extradition to many extradition treaties and international conventions in this field has joined. Palermo Convention, including the most recent documents that contain comprehensive provisions on extradition and numerous countries has come to join in. In Iran in 1960 Legislator comprehensive and modern law in the area of extradition imposed And many international laws in this area has been invoked and respected. So, we gathered to view the article Ferraro circuit analysis on the world of law and the Palermo Convention and international law in the field of extradition elaborated on. The present article deals with these issues on two separate levels.

Highlights

  • Today’s world has undergone dramatic changes by advent of Information and Communication Technology (ICT)

  • The authors of this paper present a review of fall incidents, fall factors, and the important role of ICT in walking devices

  • It is found in a great number of conducted research studies that elderly who are under medication of specific illness such as diabetes, psychotropic, ant-epileptics, and cardiovascular are far more in danger of fall incidents in virtue of medicine effects (Woolcott et al, 2009; Hartikainen et al, 2007; Berlie & Garwood, 2010; Hegeman et al, 2009; Kelly et al, 2003; Ensrud et al, 2002)

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Summary

Introduction

Today’s world has undergone dramatic changes by advent of ICT. In the recent decades, there have been noticeable developments in technology. In many regions in the world, population of senior citizen aged sixty years old and above is growing rapidly (Parker & Thorslund, 2007; Pigini et al, 2012); demand for high-end healthcare centers and medical services such as home-care and nursing service raises noticeably (Alaiad & Zhou, 2014). The development in medical sector shifted healthcare from hospitals to elderly’s homes This created a great number of advantages such as a reduction in transportation and admission costs, amelioration in patient autonomy, and a boost in healthcare quality (Bayer, 2010). Healthcare robots have strengthen their positions in human lives especially older adults to fulfill their needs and expectation, ameliorate their life quality, and improve their health condition. There is great number of assistive medical robots such as remote presence robot, paro-robot, telerobot, skillegent robot, and RIBA utilized widely by elderly and disabled to fulfill specific needs of them (Alaiad & Zhou, 2014)

Overview and Contribution
Paper Organization
Walking Aids
Crutches
Knee Walkers
Rolling Walkers
Fall in Older Adults
Analysis of Fall Incidents
Falling Risk Factors
Demographic
Illness
Physical Impairment
Living Environment
Medication
Recommendations
Assessment of Assistive Walking Device
Home Automation System
Portable Computers and Communication System
Findings
Conclusion
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