Older Adults' Reasons for Using Technology while Aging in Place

Gerontology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 226-237

  Peek, Sebastiaan T M ^a,b   Luijkx, Katrien G ^b   Rijnaard, Maurice D ^a   Nieboer, Marianne E ^a   Van Der Voort, Claire S ^a   Aarts, Sil ^a   Van Hoof, Joost ^a   Vrijhoef, Hubertus J M ^b   Wouters, Eveline J M ^a  

^a FONTYS UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging in place; Consumer appliances; E health; Gerontechnology; Information and communication technologies; Model; Qualitative research; Smart home; Technology acceptance; Technology adoption

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY LIVING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; INFORMATION; INTERVIEW; LEISURE; LIFE EVENT; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL NETWORK; TECHNOLOGY; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; VERY ELDERLY; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; MOTIVATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84959193555     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000430949     Document Type: Article

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