"There's a certain feeling of being safe if you have the same spot," explained Ms. Drucker, 51, a dental hygienist in Manhattan who describes herself as having "garden variety compulsions".
Even the word "Refuge" has a connotation, a feeling, of a safe haven wherein to go.
But Sweeting also thought that the limitations imposed by Apple impart the feeling of a safe neighborhood, saying, "Apple is offering you a gated community where there's a guard at the gate, and there's probably maid service, too".
Telesurveillance services staffed by non-health professional personnel has been shown to be effective in improving the general quality of life of the elderly, as well various outcomes as anxiety, the feeling of being safe at home, the perception of a positive effect on health [ 5, 6].
Remember the sights, sounds, smells, and the warm feeling of being safe and surrounded by family.
Finally it must be stressed that studies which reported on participants' feelings of being safe and secure when using telecare services in the home were not included in the review.
Studies were excluded if not concerned with adults, not concerned with telecare, or not from the homecare setting, as were studies describing participants' feelings of being safe and secure in relation to telecare use.
They are caught in an uncompromising position: they don't feel secure where they are, yet they are also afraid to venture outward because they don't feel capable of feeling safe "out there".
