Caregiving burden and out-of-home mobility of cognitively impaired care-recipients based on GPS tracking

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1836-1845

  Werner, Shirli ^a   Auslander, Gail K ^a   Shoval, Noam ^a   Gitlitz, Tamar ^a,b   Landau, Ruth ^a   Heinik, Jeremia ^c,d  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Histadrut General Federation of Labor in Israel   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

cognitive impairment; dementia; global positioning systems; tracking technologies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; EMOTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PATIENT CARE; WALKING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; DEPENDENT AMBULATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 84866684730     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610212001135     Document Type: Article

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