title: Telecommunications and disabled people: a rural perspective.
abstract: In the context of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 this paper focuses on the role of home- and community-based telecommunication services in sustaining the life-style and independence of elderly and disabled people in rural Britain. It draws on findings from a recent survey in the North Cotswolds to evaluate four models of telecommunication support: telephone trees; community alarm systems; community teleservice centres (CTCs); and on-line computer systems. The arguments in favour of a "low-cost-voluntary-care-support-model", a variant of the CTC, are discussed with respect to client need and community setting.
authors.affiliation: School of Geography, Kingston University, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, U.K.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gant
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Walford
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012424:Rural Population; D013222:State Medicine / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D013685:Telecommunications / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence