Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Technical Description Six
The overall focus is in information sharing between interested parties abound housing modifications. It is like a world wide internet notice board. It is an interactive site , to contribute one must open their own blog site through yohoo.com then you are free to assess shared information. Not only OT's contribute to this community, it is open to anyone with an interest in housing modifications, or are seeking an answer to their questions.
Transforming Community Equipment and Wheelchair Services
The long awaited "Community Equipment: A Vision for the Future" has been made available by the Care Services Improvement Partnership (CSIP).
The new national model (although not mandatory - make of that what you will), proposes that for the areas that take it up, community equipment stores will close, and instead a system whereby therapists issues prescriptions for the person to take to a local retail outlet (I presume in much the same way as a GP issues a prescription).
There's to be a new role of Independent Needs Assessor (most likely to be occupational therapists and physiotherapists).
The current system supports 1.5 - 2 million disabled people. With 11 million disabled people living in the UK, the existing state focused system falls far short. In addition to the people who also get help from social services, the new model also proposes to support people who don't meet eligibility criteria for assistance through the local council, as well as those who choose not to involve the state in their lives.
There are a number of documents laying all of this out in much more detail, all to be found at the CSIP Transforming Community Equipment and Wheelchair Services site. There's further informatrion about the new Retail Market Model and an easy read Executive Summary. You'll also find guidance about the future of more compex equipment like hoists, adjustable beds and lifts (I imagine they're making an assumption that stairlifts will be redesignated as equipment following the recent DFG consultation).
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there is a concern regarding lack of identity and accountability and validity.
Blogging opens the information highway but leaves the notion of traditional community behind, while developing a new type of community that is less personal.
I thing blogging is like txt, it is impersonal and lacks human nuance. Never the less it is an amazing way to access unlimited information without the traditional constraints of academia.
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
technical discription 1
Provide a definition of Information Technology/Information Communications Technology (APA reference required)
information technology n. the production, storage and communication of information using computers and microelectronics
Hanks, P. (ed). (1989) Collins Concise Dictionary. Glasgow: Bath Press.
Retrieved February 14, 2007, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_property
Consider the definition of IT you have provided. How is this form of technology prevalent in our society? How common place has it become?
Computer data base. camera for teaching, lap-top write on screen/ people resistant/require teaching and reasurance
What IT devices or system do you feel comfortable and competent using?
- system may crash
-finance/ funding costs/ how available is it
-lack of knowledge
Thinking about your own fieldwork experiences consider how IT is being used in Occupational Therapy practice?
•How have you seen IT being used?
•What might stop practitioners and organisations from using it?
•What are some potential benefits for organisations, practitioners and clients (examples)?What are some potential negatives for organisations, practitioners and clients (examples
previlent in all aspects
What ethical implications arise from the capturing, sharing and transferring of information via IT devices (e.g. mobile phones) or systems (e.g. internet)
new responsibilities and relationships need to be identified and articulated so that people know what thier new role entails and the necessary requisites for preforming it.
Retrieved February 14, 2007, http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/computing-responsibility/
Provide a definition of Computer Ethics (APA reference required)
Computor ethics is a branch of practical philosophy which is a branch of practical philosophy which deals with how computing professionals should make decisions regarding professional and social conduct
Retrieved February 14, 2007, from http://en. wikipeddia.org/wiki/Computor_ethics
Provide a definition of Intellectual Property (APA reference required)
In law intellectual property (IP) is an umbrella term for various legal entitlementshich attach to certain tyes of information, ideas, or other intangibles in thier expressed form. The term intellectual property reflects the idea that this subject matter is the product of the mind or the intellect, andthat IP rights may be protected at law in the same way as any other form of property
Retrieved February 14, 2007, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_property
Provide a definition of Social Justice (APA reference required)
Social justice mostly refers to an ideal of society, where "justice" refers to economic status rather than to the administration of laws. It is based on the idea of a society which gives individuals and groups fair treatment and a just share of the benefits of society, although what is "fair treatment" and a "just share" must remain unclear or subject to interpretation.
Retreived Februry 14, 2007, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_justice
Retrieved February 14, 2007, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_property
Provide a definition of Informed Consent (APA reference required)
Social justice mostly refers to an ideal of society, where "justice" refers to economic status rather than to the administration of laws. It is based on the idea of a society which gives individuals and groups fair treatment and a just share of the benefits of society, although what is "fair treatment" and a "just share" must remain unclear or subject to interpretation.
Retreived Februry 14, 2007, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_justice
In your own words briefly summarise why (or why not) a great understanding of ITC and the ethical issues it encompasses will help us in our practice and daily lives.
Once skills are mastered technology will make life easier in academic practice. However not everyone has acsses to computors, broadband and we live with the knowledge that the system may crash.