Older Adults' Perceptions of Fall Detection Devices

Journal of Applied Gerontology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 915-930

  Chaudhuri, Shomir ^a   Kneale, Laura ^a   Le, Thai ^a   Phelan, Elizabeth ^a   Rosenberg, Dori ^b   Thompson, Hilaire ^a   Demiris, George ^a  

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

^b GROUP HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

fall detection; focus groups; older adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PERCEPTION; AGED; AMBULATORY MONITORING; DEVICES; ECONOMICS; FALLING; INTERVIEW; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; TELEMEDICINE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; PERCEPTION; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 85021417775     PISSN: 07334648     EISSN: 15524523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0733464815591211     Document Type: Article

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