"How do you care for technology?" - Care professionals' experiences with assistive technology in care of the elderly

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 93, Issue , 2015, Pages 133-140

  Saborowski, Maxine ^a   Kollak, Ingrid ^a  

^a ALICE SALOMON UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assistive technology; Care professional; Domestication; Elderly; Nurse; STS

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION; NURSING; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; CARE PROFESSIONAL; DOMESTICATION; ELDERLY; STS;

COMPUTER VISION;

EID: 84924852092     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2014.05.006     Document Type: Article

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