When Technology Meets a Crossroads through Elder Care
Elder Care in Pacific Palisades CA
In recent years, technology has been moving elder care into a new dimension. With tablets, smart phones, and other 
technologies, it makes it much easier for doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals to monitor their patients and keep track of everything going on in their life.
Home care agencies are also beginning to enter the world of technological innovations by using apps and tablets to help track the care they provide to their senior clients. With all of this technology comes a greater challenge: maintaining privacy and security. The most common type of elderly home care provider is a home care aide. An aide can work for home care agency, be an independent contractor, or be a family member.
Other types of elderly healthcare services that can be provided are visiting nurse, physical therapist, counseling, or occupational therapist. When you have all of these different technologies in use to keep the lines of communication open and improve the overall quality of care for the elderly individual, it’s important to consider privacy and security.
April 13th through the 18th is Health Information Privacy and Security Week. Seniors have the right to ensure that their personal and sensitive information is protected and secure.
Some common risk factors.
As more and more professional medical providers are expanding their operations and beginning to work with technology more in order to monitor their patients well-being, there are still bugs in the system that need to be worked out.
Professional medical providers are required by law to maintain confidentiality of all of their clients. Hiring an experienced caregiver through a home care agency is the most effective way to encourage and ensure privacy and security of all personal information is maintained. Hiring an independent caregiver may not offer the same guarantees to privacy as hiring through an agency.
With more technology comes a greater responsibility for caregivers. When elder care is needed, hire through a respected and reputable agency in the area. That will help to ensure privacy and security of all personal, health, and other information for the senior.
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