Ageing in place and technologies of place: The lived experience of people with dementia in changing social, physical and technological environments

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 272-287

  Brittain, Katherine ^a,b   Corner, Lynne ^b   Robinson, Louise ^a,b   Bond, John ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dementia; Environment; Older people; Place; Technologies

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGE; AGING; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMENTIA; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MENTAL STRESS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TECHNOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; AGING; DEMENTIA; FOCUS GROUPS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 77950125011     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2009.01203.x     Document Type: Article

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