Lessons learned from developing cognitive support for communication, entertainment, and creativity for older people with dementia

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 5614 LNCS, Issue PART 1, 2009, Pages 195-201

  Alm, Norman ^a   Astell, Arlene ^b   Gowans, Gary ^a   Dye, Richard ^a   Ellis, Maggie ^b   Vaughan, Phillip ^a   Riley, Philippa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assistive technology; Cognitive prostheses; Dementia; Multidisciplinary working; Multimedia

Indexed keywords

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; COGNITIVE PROSTHESIS; COGNITIVE SUPPORT; LESSONS LEARNED; OLDER PEOPLE; WORKING MEMORIES;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; PROSTHETICS;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 76249092723     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-02707-9_21     Document Type: Conference Paper

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