Technology-Based Innovation for Independent Living: Policy and Innovation in the United Kingdom, Scandinavia, and the United States

Journal of Aging and Social Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 213-228

  Berridge, Clara ^a   Furseth, Peder Inge ^b   Cuthbertson, Richard ^c   Demello, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aging in place; gerontechnology; health services; innovation; public policy

Indexed keywords

AGING; ELDERLY CARE; ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH SERVICES; INNOVATION; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY POLICY;

SCANDINAVIA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; INTERVIEW; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; POLICY; SCANDINAVIA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

AGED; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PUBLIC POLICY; SCANDINAVIAN AND NORDIC COUNTRIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84904622162     PISSN: 08959420     EISSN: 15450821     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08959420.2014.899177     Document Type: Article

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