Caregivers' Willingness to Pay for Technologies to Support Caregiving

Gerontologist

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 817-829

  Schulz, Richard ^a   Beach, Scott R ^a   Matthews, Judith T ^a   Courtney, Karen ^b   De Vito Dabbs, Annette ^a   Mecca, Laurel Person ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Caregiving; Disability; Kitchen assistance; Personal care; Technology; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; CAREGIVER; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; TECHNOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CARE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TECHNOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84994545633     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnv033     Document Type: Article

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