Persons with dementia become users of assistive technology: A study of the process

Dementia

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 135-154

  Rosenberg, Lena ^a   Nygard, Louise ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

home environment; home help service; intervention; occupational therapy; significant others

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858629459     PISSN: 14713012     EISSN: 17412684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471301211421257     Document Type: Article

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