April 28, 2002

Older people as partners in assistive technology research: The use of focus groups in the design process

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There is an increasing recognition that older people are capable of being critical and active consumers of assistive technologies. This has led to the proposition that older people should be involved in their design and evaluation. In this paper we w

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