A communication support system for older people with dementia

Computer

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 35-41

  Alm, Norman ^a   Dye, Richard ^a   Gowans, Gary ^a   Campbell, Jim ^a   Astell, Arlene ^b   Ellis, Maggie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CIRCA system; Cognitive assistance; Human centered computing; System design and development

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249064877     PISSN: 00189162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MC.2007.153     Document Type: Article

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