Who should make the decision on the use of GPS for people with dementia?

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 78-84

  Landau, Ruth ^a   Auslander, Gail K ^a   Werner, Shirli ^a   Shoval, Noam ^a   Heinik, Jeremia ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

caregivers; electronic tracking; GPS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AGED; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79251619340     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607861003713166     Document Type: Article

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