Liberating the wanderers: Using technology to unlock doors for those living with dementia

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 288-303

  Wigg, Johanna M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Biomedicalisation; Dementia; Pathologisation; Technology; Wandering

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK; TECHNOLOGY; VIDEORECORDING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NURSING HOMES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK; SECURITY MEASURES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TECHNOLOGY; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 77950173828     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2009.01221.x     Document Type: Article

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