Factors associated with the self-care of home-dwelling elderly

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 195-202

  Backman, Kaisa ^a   Hentinen, Maija ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Elderly; Functional capacity; Life satisfaction; Self care; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE SATISFACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; SELF CARE; SELF ESTEEM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0035723375     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-6712.2001.00007.x     Document Type: Article

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