Designing assisted living technologies 'in the wild': Preliminary experiences with cultural probe methodology

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Wherton, Joseph ^a   Sugarhood, Paul ^b   Procter, Rob ^c   Rouncefield, Mark ^d   Dewsbury, Guy ^e   Hinder, Sue ^a   Greenhalgh, Trisha ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e Gdewsburycom ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assistive technology; Cultural probes; Ethnography; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; LETTER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SELF HELP; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES; FEMALE; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF-HELP DEVICES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84871213196     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-12-188     Document Type: Article

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