Caregiving for long-term conditions is increasingly focused on holistic "person centred" care [9,34], with leisure and recreation providing an important and essential part of maintaining quality of life. This article documents examples of large leisure events and creative projects. These were adapted for, and considered to be suitable and supportive of, the needs of adults with complex and prof...

Gerontechnology is an interdisciplinary üeld of research and application involving gerontology, the scientiüc study of aging, and technology, the development and distribution of technologically based products, environments, and services . One goal of gerontechnology is to use technology to prevent, delay, or compensate for the perceptual, cognitive, and physical declines of aging. A second is t...

Purpose: To analyze the perception of teachers about functionality and school participation children with cerebral palsy (CP). Methods: Descriptive, exploratory, observational study a mixed design quantitative qualitative approach, carried out 14 teachers, who were interviewed in questionnaire model, based on International Classification Functionality, Disability Health (ICF). The reports trans...

For members of the community, participation in leisure, sports and recreation is an important lifestyle choice. Individuals with Down syndrome live in our community and they, too, are equally entitled to active lifestyle choices. Children, adolescents and adults with Down syndrome have a wide range of interests and, although reported trends indicate that their engagement in recreational activit...

Understanding the extent to which people substitute activities across time is important for evaluating behavior and welfare impacts in many contexts including assessing the damages caused by oil spills and climate change impacts. We implement a flexible, individualized approach to measuring how people value their leisure time. We incorporate these heterogeneous values into a structural demand m...