New method to assess service quality in care homes for the elderly

International Journal on Smart Sensing and Intelligent Systems

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 14-26

  Reijula, Jori ^a   Rosendahl, Toni ^b   Reijula, Kari ^b,c   Roilas, Paula ^d   Roilas, Heikki ^d   Sepponen, Raimo ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^d Southern Karelia Museum   (Finland)

Author keywords

Care home for the elderly; Con Dis; Electronic device; Monitoring system; Service quality

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF SERVICE;

CARE HOME FOR THE ELDERLY; CARE HOMES; CON-DIS; ELDERLY PERSONS; ELECTRONICS DEVICES; ITS EFFICIENCIES; MONITORING SYSTEM; SERVICE QUALITY; SIMPLE++; WELL BEING;

THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

EID: 79551603583     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11785608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21307/ijssis-2017-376     Document Type: Article

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