Attitudes and perceptions of adults of 60 years and older towards in-home monitoring of the activities of daily living with contactless sensors: An explorative study

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 134-148

  Claes, Veerle ^a   Devriendt, Els ^a,b   Tournoy, Jos ^a,b   Milisen, Koen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Aged; Attitude; Perception; Technology

Indexed keywords

AGED; ATTITUDE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC;

EID: 84919478812     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2014.05.010     Document Type: Article

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