Development of a multimodal reminder system for older persons in their residential home

Informatics for Health and Social Care

Volumn 35, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 104-124

  Boll, Susanne ^a   Heuten, Wilko ^b   Meyer, Eike Michael ^b   Meis, Markus ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b OFFIS INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c Hoerzentrum Oldenburg GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ageing society; ambient assisted living; multimodal user interfaces

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REMINDER SYSTEM; TIME MANAGEMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HOUSEKEEPING; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REMINDER SYSTEMS; TIME MANAGEMENT; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 78650074358     PISSN: 17538157     EISSN: 17538165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17538157.2010.528651     Document Type: Article

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