Older persons have ambivalent feelings about the use of monitoring technologies

Technology and Disability

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 117-125

  Boström, Martina ^a   Kjellström, Sofia ^a   Björklund, Anita ^a  

^a JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Focus groups; freedom; senior housing; surveillance

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMBIVALENCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO LIFE; CONFLICT; FREEDOM; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; MONITORING; PRIVACY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL SECURITY;

EID: 84888365577     PISSN: 10554181     EISSN: 1878643X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/TAD-130376     Document Type: Article

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