The acceptability of home monitoring technology among community-dwelling older adults and baby boomers

Assistive Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-12

  Mihailidis, Alex ^a   Cockburn, Amy ^a   Longley, Catherine ^a   Boger, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging in place; Baby boomers; Home monitoring; Older adults; Technology

Indexed keywords

AGING IN PLACE; BABY BOOMERS; EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEMS; FALL DETECTION; GROUP ANALYSIS; HOME MONITORING; MIXED METHOD; MOTION SENSORS; OLDER ADULTS; PILOT STUDIES; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE;

COMPUTER VISION; SENSORS;

TECHNOLOGY;

AGE; AGED; AGING; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT STUDY; POPULATION GROWTH; RECORDING; TECHNOLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; POPULATION GROWTH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TAPE RECORDING; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 54049083003     PISSN: 10400435     EISSN: 19493614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10400435.2008.10131927     Document Type: Article

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