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Dignity in Ageing: Living Well for Longer

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Design of Assistive Technology for Ageing Populations

Part of the book series: Intelligent Systems Reference Library ((ISRL,volume 167))

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This chapter presents context for the need for better designed technologies within and outside of healthcare settings to support the increasing needs of ageing populations, and provides a model and exemplars through which technology development can have a greater impact.

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  1. NIHR Devices for Dignity MedTech Co-Operative, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Glossop Road, Sheffield, S10 2JF, UK

    Katherine Jeays-Ward, Vitaveska Lanfranchi, Avril D. McCarthy, Liz Pryde, Lise Sproson & Wendy B. Tindale

  2. Clinical Engineering, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Glossop Road, Sheffield, S10 2JF, UK

    Avril D. McCarthy

  3. University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK

    Vitaveska Lanfranchi & Wendy B. Tindale

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Jeays-Ward, K., Lanfranchi, V., McCarthy, A.D., Pryde, L., Sproson, L., Tindale, W.B. (2020). Dignity in Ageing: Living Well for Longer. In: Woodcock, A., Moody, L., McDonagh, D., Jain, A., Jain, L. (eds) Design of Assistive Technology for Ageing Populations. Intelligent Systems Reference Library, vol 167. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26292-1_8

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