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Adoption and feasibility of a communication app to enhance social connectedness amongst frail institutionalized oldest old: an embedded case study

Barbara Barbosa NevesSchool of Social and Political Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Rachel L. FranzDepartment of Computer Science, TAGlab, University of Toronto, Toronto, CanadaView further author information
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Cosmin MunteanuDepartment of Computer Science, TAGlab, University of Toronto, Toronto, CanadaView further author information
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Ron BaeckerDepartment of Computer Science, TAGlab, University of Toronto, Toronto, CanadaView further author information
Pages 1681-1699 | Received 15 Sep 2016, Accepted 23 Jun 2017, Published online: 13 Jul 2017

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