Technology-assisted communication in older persons in a residential care facility in South Africa

Information Development

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 393-405

  Chipps, Jennifer ^a   Jarvis, Mary Ann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

elderly; older persons; residential care; social connectedness; South Africa; technology acceptance

Indexed keywords

EID: 85026890184     PISSN: 02666669     EISSN: 17416469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266666916664388     Document Type: Article

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