Smart technologies to enhance social connectedness in older people who live at home

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 142-152

  Morris, Meg E ^a   Adair, Brooke ^a,b   Ozanne, Elizabeth ^c   Kurowski, William ^c   Miller, Kimberly J ^d   Pearce, Alan J ^e   Santamaria, Nick ^f   Long, Maureen ^a   Ventura, Cameron ^a   Said, Catherine M ^a,c,g  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged; Social connectivity; Social isolation; Social participation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDEPENDENT LIVING; INTERNET; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE PHONE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; CELL PHONES; COMPUTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84927696678     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajag.12154     Document Type: Review

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