Quality of life and related factors among elderly nursing home residents in Southern Taiwan

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 304-311

  Tseng, Su Zu ^b   Wang, Ruey Hsia ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Elderly residents; Nursing home; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORALITY; NURSING HOME; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TAIWAN; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORALE; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 0035463456     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1446.2001.00304.x     Document Type: Article

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