When will technology in the home improve the quality of life for older adults?

New Dynamics in Old Age: Individual, Environmental and Societal Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 253-269

  Melenhorst, Anne Sophie ^a   Rogers, Wendy A ^a   Fisk, Arthur D ^a  

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