Factors supporting the use of technology in daily life of home-living people with dementia.
The study explores factors that facilitate the use of technology in daily life of people with dementia. An ethnographic approach was selected with open interviews, participant observation, field notes, a structured questionnaire for family members and four batteries of tests. The target group consis...
| Publicado en: | Technology & Disability Vol. 25; no. 4; pp. 233 - 244 |
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| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Sage Publications Inc.
2013
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