Navigation for people with mild dementia

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 150, Issue , 2009, Pages 428-432

  Hettinga, Marike ^a   Boer, Johannes D E ^b   Goldberg, Eli ^c   Moelaert, Ferial ^b  

^a WINDESHEIM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b Novay   (Netherlands Antilles)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Community dwelling; Dementia; GPS; Navigation; Safety; User interface

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; HOUSING; NAVIGATION; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PEDESTRIAN SAFETY; USER INTERFACES;

COMMUNITY DWELLING; DATA COLLECTION; DEMENTIA; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; MILD DEMENTIA; POSITIVE IMPACTS; ROUTE NAVIGATION; WARNING SOUNDS;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEMENTIA; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAFETY; WALKING;

DEMENTIA; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; SAFETY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; WALKING;

EID: 72249097562     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-044-5-428     Document Type: Conference Paper

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