The eldercare factory

Gerontology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 282-288

  Sharkey, Noel ^a   Sharkey, Amanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Companion; Dementia; Doll therapy; Ethics; Robot care

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL ASSISTED THERAPY; AUTOMATION; CAT; DEMENTIA; DISABILITY; DOG; DOLL THERAPY; EMOTION; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; JAPAN; LONELINESS; LONG TERM CARE; MACHINE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; WELLBEING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FORECASTING; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY OF LIFE; ROBOTICS;

EID: 84860339901     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000329483     Document Type: Review

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