The experience of empowerment in in-home services delivery

Home Health Care Services Quarterly

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 49-71

  McWilliam, Carol L ^a   Ward Griffin, Catherine ^a   Sweetland, Donnabeth ^b   Sutherland, Cynthia ^c   O'Halloran, Linda ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b The University of Western Ontario ^*  (Canada)

^c Victorian Order of Nurses   (Canada)

^d Saint Elizabeth Health Care   (Canada)

Author keywords

Client empowerment; In home service delivery; Partnerships in in home care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CAREGIVER; DECISION MAKING; ELDERLY CARE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANECDOTES; CAREGIVERS; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0035553762     PISSN: 01621424     EISSN: 15450856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J027v20n04_03     Document Type: Article

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