Developing social contact and participation in social activities: Seniors' experiences from a social internet-based intervention process.
Objective To explore seniors' experiences of the intervention process after participating in a social internet-based occupational therapy intervention. Method A qualitative interview study was conducted. Twelve women and 3 men (66-87 years old), from the completed intervention study participated. Th...
| Publicado en: | Gerontechnology Vol. 16; no. 2; pp. 101 - 109 |
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2017
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