U-care for the elderly: Implemenation of a comprehensive living and health care network

HEALTHCOM 2007: Ubiquitous Health in Aging Societies - 2007 9th International Conference on e-Health Networking, Application and Services

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 187-190

  Chen, Heng Shuen ^a,e   Su, Mei Ju ^b   Tsai, Tsung Hsueh ^c   Teng, Shih Shung ^c   Zhang, Han Wei ^d   Jin Shin, Lai ^a   Lai, Fei Pei ^b   Chen, Ching Yu ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CARDINAL TIEN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d Genmart Tech Co   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Elderly; Living care; Long term care; Ubiquitous healthcre

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

ELDERLY PEOPLE; LIVING CARE; LONG TERM CARE; UBIQUITOUS HEALTHCRE;

UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING;

EID: 34748858128     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HEALTH.2007.381627     Document Type: Conference Paper

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