Televisits: Sustaining long distance family relationships among institutionalized elders through technology

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 387-396

  Mickus, Maureen A ^a   Luz, C C ^a  

^a Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST; ELDERLY CARE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NURSING HOME; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TECHNOLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEPHONE; VIDEORECORDER; COGNITION; COMPUTER NETWORK; FAMILY RELATION; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; TELECOMMUNICATIONS; VISITORS TO PATIENTS;

EID: 0036844868     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1360786021000007009     Document Type: Article

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