Simulating Geriatric Home Safety Assessments in a Three-Dimensional Virtual World

Gerontology and Geriatrics Education

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 233-252

  Andrade, Allen D ^a   Cifuentes, Pedro ^b   Mintzer, Michael J ^a   Roos, Bernard A ^a   Anam, Ramanakumar ^a   Ruiz, Jorge G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Stein Gerontological Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

computer simulation; geriatrics; home care; patient safety; patient centered medical home; virtual worlds

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; COGNITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SELF EFFICACY; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84864573577     PISSN: 02701960     EISSN: 15453847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701960.2011.611553     Document Type: Article

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