The impact of using personal computers on the lives of nursing home residents

Physical and Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 13-31

  Sherer, Moshe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; MICROCOMPUTER; NURSING HOME; QUALITY OF LIFE; SATISFACTION; SELF ESTEEM;

EID: 0029823924     PISSN: 02703181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/J148v14n02_02     Document Type: Article

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