The "acceptance" of ambient assisted living: Developing an alternate methodology to this limited research lens

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 6719 LNCS, Issue , 2011, Pages 161-167

  Beringer, Robert ^a   Sixsmith, Andrew ^a   Campo, Michael ^a   Brown, Julie ^b   McCloskey, Rose ^c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

ambient assisted living; Gerontechnology; smart homes

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT ASSISTED LIVING; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; END USERS; GERONTECHNOLOGY; HOME ENVIRONMENT; OLDER ADULTS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH APPROACH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS; SMART HOMES; TELEHEALTH; AMBIENT ASSISTED LIVING (AAL);

MEDICAL COMPUTING; AUTOMATION; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

RESEARCH; ASSISTED LIVING;

EID: 79959598823     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-21535-3_21     Document Type: Conference Paper

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