Older individuals' experiences during the assistive technology device service delivery process.
Objective: Providing assistive technology devices to older individuals living in their ordinary homes is an important intervention to increase and sustain independence and to enable ageing at home. However, little is known about older individuals' experiences and needs in the assistive technology de...
| Publicado en: | Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy Vol. 21; no. 4; pp. 305 - 313 |
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Springer Nature
Jul2014
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