Practical solutions for the integration of community alarms, assistive technologies and telecare

Quality in Ageing and Older Adults

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 31-47

  Doughty, Kevin ^a   Williams, Gareth ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Technology in Healthcare   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assistive technology; Community alarms; MIDAS; Risk assessment; Telecare; WISE home

Indexed keywords

EID: 10044270352     PISSN: 14717794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14717794200100006     Document Type: Article

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