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Technology for adaptive aging /

Corporate Authors: Workshop on Technology for Adaptive Aging Washington, D.C.), National Research Council (U.S.). Steering Committee for the Workshop on Technology for Adaptive Aging., National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences.
Other Authors: Pew, Richard W., Van Hemel, Susan B.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2004.
Subjects:
Older people > United States
Older people > Health and hygiene > United States
Aging > physiology.
Quality of Life.
Self-Help Devices.
Technology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gerontology.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Aging.
Older people.
Older people > Health and hygiene.
Altenarbeit.
Altenpflege.
Alterssoziologie.
United States.
Online Access:http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=109204
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction and overview
  • Cognitive aging
  • Movement control in the older adult
  • Methodological issues in the assessment of technology use for older adults
  • Addressing the communication needs of an aging society
  • Technology and employment
  • Everyday health: technology for adaptive aging
  • Technology and learning in current and future older cohorts
  • The Impact of technology on living environments for older adults
  • Personal vehicle transportation.

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