Significant junctures on the way towards becoming a user of assistive technology in Alzheimer's disease

Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 386-396

  Lindqvist, Eva ^a,b   Nygård, Louise ^a   Borell, Lena ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Huddinge University   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ADL; Cognitive impairment; Significant others

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF EVALUATION; SELF HELP DEVICE; TRUST; ARTICLE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF HELP;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; SELF-HELP DEVICES; TRUST;

EID: 84883313772     PISSN: 11038128     EISSN: 16512014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/11038128.2013.766761     Document Type: Article

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