Access to mobile communications by older people

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2015, Pages E7-E12

  Nguyen, Toan ^a,b   Irizarry, Carol ^c   Garrett, Rob ^a   Downing, Andrew ^b  

^a Novita Children's Services   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Independent living; Mobile communications; Mobile phone; Older people; Survey questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; AGE; AGED; AGING; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; EMERGENCY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING; MALE; MOBILE APPLICATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMARTPHONE; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMMUNICATION; EMERGENCIES; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; LEARNING; MALE; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; SECURITY MEASURES; SMARTPHONE; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84930278014     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajag.12149     Document Type: Article

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