Designing for older adult users of handheld technology

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 3297-3300

  Becker, Shirley Ann ^a   Webbe, Frank M ^a  

^a FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAND HELD COMPUTERS; HEALTH CARE; PROBABILITY;

QUALITY FACTORS; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

USER INTERFACES;

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CAREGIVER; COMPUTER INTERFACE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; MICROCOMPUTER;

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CAREGIVERS; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 34047097990     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2006.260370     Document Type: Conference Paper

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