Home environmental modification strategies used by caregivers of elders

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 357-370

  Messecar, Deborah C ^a   Archbold, Patricia G ^a   Stewart, Barbara J ^a   Kirschling, Jane ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Family caregiving; Home environmental modifications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOUSING; HUMAN; MALE; MICROCLIMATE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SELF HELP; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OREGON; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; SELF-HELP DEVICES;

EID: 0036782387     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.10048     Document Type: Article

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