Investigating the effectiveness of technologies applied to assist seniors: A systematic literature review

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 17-26

  Khosravi, Pouria ^a   Ghapanchi, Amir Hossein ^a,b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Institute for Integrated and Intelligent Systems   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged care; Assistive technology; Effectiveness; ICT; Outcome; Senior

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS;

AGED CARE; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; EFFECTIVENESS; ICT; OUTCOME; SENIOR;

HEALTH RISKS;

ARTICLE; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FALL RISK; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; SENSOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TELEMEDICINE; VIDEO GAME; WELLBEING; AGED; SELF HELP DEVICE;

AGED; HUMANS; SELF-HELP DEVICES;

EID: 84937468450     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2015.05.014     Document Type: Article

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