Improper designs of the demand response programs can lead to numerous problems such as customer dissatisfaction and lower participation in these programs. In this paper, a home energy management system is designed which schedules appliances of smart homes based on the user’s specific behavior to address these issues. Two types of demand response programs are proposed for each house which are sh...

Programs that help older adults live independently in the community can also deliver net savings to states on the costs of long-term supports and services. We estimate that if all states had increased by 1 percent the number of adults age sixty-five or older who received home-delivered meals in 2009 under Title III of the Older Americans Act, total annual savings to states' Medicaid programs co...

Cheri Pies, MSW, DrPh, Associate Dean, UC Berkeley School of Public Health not support the effectiveness of home visiting as an isolated, individual intervention strategy. Although the evaluation results are generally discouraging, some overall themes emerge, particularly the need for clear program goals, well-trained and supervised staff, and a specified target population. Many of the benefits...

The efficacy of hospital-based cardiac rehabilitation (CR) in the domains of mortality, morbidity, quality of life, health behavior change, risk reduction, and psychosocial well-being has been well established. 1-3 However, because of financial constraints, physician referral practices, geographic and transportation barriers, and patient preferences, access to CR services is suboptima1.4-8 Card...