Families and professional caregivers views of using advanced technology to track people with dementia

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 409-419

  Landau, Ruth ^a   Auslander, Gail K ^a   Werner, Shirli ^a   Shoval, Noam ^a   Heinik, Jeremia ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alzheimers disease; Assistive; Caregiving; Dementia; Ethics; Informal; Older people; Technology

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DEMENTIA; ETHICS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; ISRAEL; MALE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PRIVACY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAFETY; WANDERING BEHAVIOR;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PRIVACY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAFETY; WANDERING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 76649092311     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732309359171     Document Type: Conference Paper

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