Needing smart home technologies: The perspectives of older adults in continuing care retirement communities

Informatics in Primary Care

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 195-201

  Courtney, Karen L ^a   Demiris, George ^b   Rantz, Marilyn ^c   Skubic, Marjorie ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Frail elderly; Smart home technology; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONFIDENTIALITY; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; SELF HELP; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; ATTITUDE; CONFIDENTIALITY; FOCUS GROUPS; HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; SELF-HELP DEVICES; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 60549101220     PISSN: 14760320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14236/jhi.v16i3.694     Document Type: Article

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