The future of intelligent assistive technologies for cognition: Devices under development to support independent living and aging-with-choice

NeuroRehabilitation

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 271-280

  Boger, Jennifer ^a,b   Mihailidis, Alex ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

aging with choice; cognition support; independent living; Intelligent assistive technology (IAT); smart homes

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY DEVICE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTELLIGENT ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WELLBEING; WHEELCHAIR;

AGING; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MOVEMENT; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; SELF-HELP DEVICES; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 79957824019     PISSN: 10538135     EISSN: 18786448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/NRE-2011-0655     Document Type: Article

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