Home from home: Residents' opinions of nursing homes and long-stay wards

Age and Ageing

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 199-206

  Higgs, Paul F D ^a   Macdonald, Lea D ^b   Macdonald, John S ^c   Ward, Michael C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d EPSOM AND ST HELIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Institutionalization; nursing homes; Residents' opinions; Social policy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONFUSION; DYSPHASIA; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SATISFACTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STAFF;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LONG-TERM CARE; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0031970618     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/27.2.199     Document Type: Article

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