The meaning of everyday technology as experienced by people with dementia who live alone

Dementia

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 481-502

  Nygård, Louise ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Daily life activities; Phenomenology

Indexed keywords

EID: 54949134543     PISSN: 14713012     EISSN: 17412684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471301208096631     Document Type: Article

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