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Juliana Basulo-Ribeiro1, Ana Ferreira2, Leonor Teixeira1

  • 1Department of Economics, Management, Industrial Engineering and Tourism (DEGEIT), Institute of Electronics and Informatics Engineering of Aveiro (IEETA), Intelligent Systems Associate Laboratory (LASI), University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal.

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概括

本研究介绍了一种移动应用程序原型,旨在增强老年人独立和安全的生活. 该数字工具旨在通过促进老年人,护理人员和卫生专业人员之间的沟通来改善老年人护理.

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