Living with dementia and the challenges of domestic technology

Assistive Technology Research Series

Volumn 24, Issue , 2009, Pages 9-25

  Nygård, Louise ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

daily activities; daily life; dementia; domestic technology; self initiated strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865497045     PISSN: 1383813X     EISSN: 18798071     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-58603-950-9-9     Document Type: Article

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