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Title Gerontechnology : growing old in a technological society / edited by Gari Lesnoff-Caravaglia.

Imprint Springfield, Ill. : Charles C. Thomas, 2007.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  618.97 G377GT    Check Shelf
Description x, 314 pages : illustrations, portraits
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Gerontechnology: the linking of gerontology and technology -- Gerontechnology: the challenge -- Age-related changes within biological systems: integumentary, skeletal, and muscular -- Age-related changes within biological systems: circulatory, respiratory, and digestive -- Age-related changes within biological systems: urinary, reproductive, endocrine, and immune -- Age-related changes within biological systems: the nervous system and the special senses -- Gerontechnology and vision -- Gerontechnology and hearing -- Ergonomic design for older adults -- Intelligent system technology for enhancing the quality of life -- Robotics and independence for the elderly -- Keeping an older population mobile -- Technology, aging, and communication -- Gerontechnological ontology: human experience within extraordinary frameworks.
Subject Gerontechnology.
Older people -- Care -- Technological innovations.
Self-help devices for people with disabilities.
Gerontology -- Technological innovations.
Geriatrics -- Technological innovations.
Geriatrics. (DNLM)D005853
Aged. (DNLM)D000368
Self-Help Devices. (DNLM)D012656
Technology -- trends. (DNLM)D013672Q000639
Selbsthilfe (DE-588)4054412-6
Älterer Mensch (DE-588)4141482-2
Geriatrics -- Technological innovations. (OCoLC)fst00941278
Gerontechnology. (OCoLC)fst01893898
Self-help devices for people with disabilities. (OCoLC)fst01111735
Selbsthilfe.
Älterer Mensch.
Added Author Lesnoff-Caravaglia, Gari.
ISBN 9780398076924 (hard)
0398076928 (hard)
9780398076931 (pbk.)
0398076936 (pbk.)
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