Recruiting and retaining older persons within a home based pilot study using movement sensors

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 98-105

  Bailey, Cathy ^a   Buckley, Vanessa ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Falls; Home based technologies; Independent living; Older adults; Recruitment and retention

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MOVEMENT; PERSONNEL LOYALTY; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 78650132096     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2010.00963.x     Document Type: Article

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