Individual variability and environmental characteristics influence older adults' abilities to manage everyday technology

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 484-495

  Malinowsky, Camilla ^a   Almkvist, Ove ^a   Nygård, Louise ^a   Kottorp, Anders ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ADL; Alzheimer's disease; IADL; mild cognitive impairment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; TECHNOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APTITUDE; COMPUTER LITERACY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84859083411     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610211002092     Document Type: Article

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