Promoting older adults' well-being through Internet training and use

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 477-484

  Shapira, N ^a   Barak, A ^a   Gal, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT EDUCATION; AGED; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERNET; LIFE SATISFACTION; LONELINESS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAINING; WELLBEING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; ISRAEL; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 34548826557     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860601086546     Document Type: Article

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