Quality of life and successful aging in long-term care: Perceptions of residents

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 527-539

  Guse, Lorna W ^a   Masesar, Mary Ann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Deer Lodge Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NURSING HOME; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0033222431     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/016128499248349     Document Type: Article

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