Personal emergency alarms: What impact do they have on older people's lives?

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 103-105

  Miguel, Kristen De San ^a   Lewin, Gill ^a,b  

^a Silver Chain   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assistive technology; Independent living; Personal alarms

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EMERGENCY; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SELF HELP; TELEPHONE; TIME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AUSTRALIA; EMERGENCIES; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOTLINES; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; SELF-HELP DEVICES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 42449118007     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2008.00286.x     Document Type: Article

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