Use of personal emergency response systems by older individuals with disabilities

Assistive Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 82-88

  Mann, William C ^a   Belchior, Patrícia ^a   Tomita, Machiko R ^b   Kemp, Bryan J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Disability; Personal emergency response system (PERS)

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; DISABLED PERSON; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; AGING; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNOWLEDGE; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEM; PERSONAL MONITORING; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DATA COLLECTION; DISABLED PERSONS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; DATA ACQUISITION; PRODUCT DESIGN; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

PERSONAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEM (PERS); SEMISTRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

HANDICAPPED PERSONS;

EID: 25444441183     PISSN: 10400435     EISSN: 19493614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10400435.2005.10132098     Document Type: Article

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