Using context awareness within the 'Smart home' environment to support social care for adults with dementia

Technology and Disability

Volumn 19, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 143-152

  Martin, Suzanne ^a   Nugent, Christopher ^a   Wallace, Jonathan ^a   Kernohan, George ^a   McCreight, Bernadette ^a   Mulvenna, Mulvenna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Context aware; Dementia; Ubiquitous home

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COMMUNITY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DEMENTIA; DEVICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MASS COMMUNICATION; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK MANAGEMENT; SENSOR; SOCIAL CARE;

EID: 34247499388     PISSN: 10554181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/tad-2007-192-311     Document Type: Article

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