Use of assistive devices in daily activities among 85-years-old living at home focusing especially on the visually impaired

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 26, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 1423-1430

  Dahlin Ivanoff, S ^a   Sonn, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CARE; SELF-HELP DEVICES; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 9744229275     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280400000906     Document Type: Article

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