Patterns of technology use among older adults with and without disabilities

Gerontologist

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 412-421

  Gell, Nancy M ^a   Rosenberg, Dori E ^a,b   Demiris, George ^b,c   LaCroix, Andrea Z ^a,d   Patel, Kushang V ^b  

^a GROUP HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

E mail; Health status; Impairment; Internet; Text messaging

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABLED PERSON; E-MAIL; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TECHNOLOGY; TEXT MESSAGING; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; DISABLED PERSONS; ELECTRONIC MAIL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PREVALENCE; TECHNOLOGY; TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 84943230627     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnt166     Document Type: Article

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