Usability of tablet computers by people with early-stage dementia

Gerontology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 174-182

  Lim, Fabian S ^a   Wallace, Tim ^b   Luszcz, Mary A ^c   Reynolds, Karen J ^a  

^a Flinders University   (Australia)

^b Alzheimer's Australia South Australia ^*  (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Learning; Tablet computers; Technology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CREATIVITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; LEISURE; MALE; MICROCOMPUTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; TABLET COMPUTER; COMPUTER; HOME CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; CAREGIVERS; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84874771331     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000343986     Document Type: Article

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