Applied Clinical Informatics, Table of Contents Appl Clin Inform 2015; 06(03): 429-442DOI: 10.4338/ACI-2015-03-RA-0033 Research Article Schattauer GmbH eHealth 2015 Special Issue: Effects of an assistance service on the quality of life of elderly users V. Willner 1 Salzburg Research Forschungsgesellschaft m.b.H., MOWI, Salzburg, Austria , C. Schneider 1 Salzburg Research Forschungsgesellschaft m.b.H., MOWI, Salzburg, Austria , M. Feichtenschlager 2 Salzburger Hilfswerk, Salzburg, Austria › Author Affiliations Recommend Article Abstract Full Text PDF Download Keywords KeywordsAging - assistive technology - quality of life - smartphone References References 1 Bloom DE, Boersch-Supan A, McGee P, Seike A. Population aging: facts, challenges, and responses. Benefits and Compensation International 2011; 41 (01) 22. 2 Czaja SJ, Sharit J. The aging of the population: Opportunities and challenges for human factors engineering. The Bridge: Linking Engineering and Society 2009; 39 (01) 34-40. 3 Parisa R, Mihailidis A. A survey on ambient-assisted living tools for older adults. IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics 2013; 17 (03) 579-590. 4 Schneider C, Willner V, Feichtenschlager M, Andrushevich A, Spiru L. Collecting user requirements for electronic assistance for people with dementia: a case study in three countries Proceedings of the eHealth 2013. Ammenwerth E, Hörbst A, Hayn D, Schreier G. eds., Vienna: OCG. 2013: 107-112. 5 Willner V, Schneider C, Kistler R, Feichtenschlager M, Spiru L, Turcu I, Meyer T. Wishes and Desires of End Users Regarding a Mobility Safeguarding Assistance Service for People with Dementia. In: Pohjanen E. editor. Impacting Individuals, Society and Economic Growth, Proceedings of the 5th AAL Forum. 2013: 71-77. 6 Folstein MF, Folstein SE, McHugh PR. “Mini-mental state”: a practical method for grading the cognitive state of patients for the clinician. Journal of psychiatric research 1975; 12 (03) 189-198. 7 Oemar M, Janssen B. EQ-5D-5L User Guide. [cited 2015 Jan 16]. Available from: www.euroqol.org. 8 who.int [Internet]. WHOQOL-BREF. [cited 2015 Jan 16]. Available from: http://www.who.int/substance_abuse/research_tools/whoqolbref/en/. 9 Karrer K, Glaser C, Clemens C, Bruder C. Technikaffinität erfassen- der Fragbogen TA-EG. Der Mensch im Mittelpunkt technischer Systeme 2009; 8: 196-201. German. 10 Trukeschitz B, Sengschmid T, Schneider U. Versteckte Kosten der Angehörigenpflege: die psychosoziale Belastungen pflegender Angehöriger Elder Care (Altenpflege). Intersektionelle Analysen der informellen Betreuung und Pflege alter Menschen in Österreich. Hrsg. E. Appelt; E. Fleischer; M. Preglau, Innsbruck: Studienverlag 2014: 113-130. German. 11 Lewis JR. Computer Usability Satisfaction Questionnaires: Psychometric Evaluation and Instructions for Use. IBM Technical Report 1993; 54: 786. 12 Zahava G, Bowling A. Quality of life from the perspectives of older people. Ageing and Society 2004; 24. 05: 675-691. 13 Netuveli G, Blane D. Quality of life in older ages. British medical bulletin. 2008; 85 (01) 113-126.