Living with pain, staying in touch: Exploring the communication needs of older adults with chronic pain

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1219-1224

  David, Jessica ^a   Gromala, Diane ^b   Benjamin, Alison ^a   Birnholtz, Jeremy ^c,d   Baecker, Ron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^d Departments of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Connecting families; Internet communications; Media spaces; Senior citizens

Indexed keywords

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HUMAN ENGINEERING;

CHRONIC PAIN; CONNECTING FAMILY; FIELD RESEARCH; HEALTH OUTCOMES; INTERNET COMMUNICATION; MEDIA SPACES; OLDER ADULTS; SENIOR CITIZENS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL TIES;

HEALTH;

EID: 79957942792     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1979742.1979751     Document Type: Conference Paper

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