Browsing by Keywords "Assisted living"
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Assisted living as a new place schema: a comparison with homes and nursing homes
(SAGE, 2007-03)This study examines how the new place type of assisted living is represented in terms of its visual and verbal attributes and in comparison with the well-established schemata of home and nursing homes. Ninety-eight respondents ... -
Modeling a user-oriented ontology on accessible homes for supporting activities of daily living (ADL) in healthy aging
(Association for Computing Machinery, 2019)Inaccessibility of the buildings is the most common obstacle which presents barriers for older adults with different motor abilities. An inclusive design process, where elderly and designers work together, is required to ... -
Relationship between familiarity, attitudes and preferences: assisted living facilities as compared to nursing homes
(Springer Netherlands, 2006-11)In this paper, the authors aim to (a) explore attitudes toward and preferences for living in the newly emerging place type of assisted living facilities in comparison to nursing homes, and (b) assess the possible impact ... -
Snippet based trajectory statistics histograms for assistive technologies
(Springer, 2014-09)Due to increasing hospital costs and traveling time, more and more patients decide to use medical devices at home without traveling to the hospital. However, these devices are not always very straight-forward for usage, ...
