Literature review on monitoring technologies and their outcomes in independently living elderly people

Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 271-294

  Peetoom, Kirsten K B ^a,b   Lexis, Monique A S ^a   Joore, Manuela ^c   Dirksen, Carmen D ^c   De Witte, Luc P ^a,b  

^a ZUYD UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Fall events; Functional health status; Posture recognition; Prolonging independently living

Indexed keywords

AGED; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEVICES; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; SELF HELP DEVICE; TELEMEDICINE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; SELF-HELP DEVICES; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84929331958     PISSN: 17483107     EISSN: 17483115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17483107.2014.961179     Document Type: Review

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