Managing urinary incontinence in the nursing home: Residents' perspectives

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 68-77

  Robinson, Joanne Patterson ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grounded theory; Nursing homes; Qualitative research; Quality of life; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; NURSING HOME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0033630509     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2000.01258.x     Document Type: Article

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