The use of tracking technologies for the analysis of outdoor mobility in the face of dementia: First steps into a project and some illustrative findings from Germany

Journal of Housing for the Elderly

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-73

  Oswald, Frank ^a   Wahl, Hans Werner ^b   Voss, Elke ^b   Schilling, Oliver ^b   Freytag, Tim ^b   Auslander, Gail ^c   Shoval, Noam ^c   Heinik, Jeremia ^d   Landau, Ruth ^c  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aging in place; Cognitive impairment; GPS; Outdoor mobility; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 76749122384     PISSN: 02763893     EISSN: 1540353X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02763890903327481     Document Type: Article

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