Elderly people's interaction with advanced technology

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 201, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-10

  Blažun, Helena ^a,b   Vošner, Janez ^a   Kokol, Peter ^a   Saranto, Kaija ^b   Rissanen, Sari ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Advanced technology; Computer; Elderly people; Information and communication technology (ICT); World Wide Web (Internet)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; NURSING;

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITIES; ELDERLY PEOPLE; ICT COURSE; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY; SINGLE POINT; SLOVENIA;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTER; COMPUTER INTERFACE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERNET; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TECHNOLOGY; TELEVISION; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; CELL PHONES; COMPUTER LITERACY; COMPUTERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; TECHNOLOGY; TELEVISION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84903743621     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-61499-415-2-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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