Wearable haptic-feedback navigational assistance for people with dementia: Preliminary assessment.
BACKGROUND: Alzheimer's disease (AD) progressively impairs individual's wayfinding ability. For older adults with AD, the decline of sensory acuity due to ageing and the deterioration of cognitive domains worsen their sense of direction. OBJECTIVE: This paper presents (1) a concept of wearable navig...
| Publicado en: | Technology & Disability Vol. 29; no. 1/2; pp. 35 - 47 |
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| Formato: | pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Sage Publications Inc.
2017
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