The care continues: Responsibility for elderly relatives before and after admission to a long term care facility

Family Relations

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 235-244

  Keefe, Janice ^a   Fancey, Pamela ^b  

^a MOUNT SAINT VINCENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Family support; Long term care; Nursing homes; Responsibilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034214536     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2000.00235.x     Document Type: Article

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