Use of the global positioning system to measure the out-of-home mobility of older adults with differing cognitive functioning

Ageing and Society

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 849-869

  Shoval, Noam ^a   Wahl, Hans Werner ^b   Auslander, Gail ^a   Isaacson, Michal ^a   Oswald, Frank ^c   Edry, Tamar ^a   Landau, Ruth ^a   Heinik, Jeremia ^d  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

cognitive impairment; dementia; global positioning system (GPS); old age; out of home mobility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING POPULATION; COGNITION; GPS; MOBILITY; OUTDOOR RECREATION;

EID: 79958794098     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X10001455     Document Type: Article

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