Usefulness of a Tailored eHealth Service for Informal Caregivers and Professionals in the Dementia Treatment and Care Setting: The eHealthMonitor Dementia Portal

JMIR Research Protocols

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Schaller, Sandra ^a   Marinova Schmidt, Velislava ^a   Setzer, Manuela ^a   Kondylakis, Haridimos ^b   Griebel, Lena ^a   Sedlmayr, Martin ^a   Graessel, Elmar ^c   Maler, Juan Manuel ^a   Kirn, Stefan ^d   Kolominsky Rabas, Peter L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alzheimer s disease; decision aid; dementia; eHealth; informal caregiver; medical professional; personalized support; web portal

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019245553     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19290748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/resprot.4354     Document Type: Article

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