Attitudes towards rehabilitation needs and support from assistive technology and the social environment among elderly people with disability

Occupational Therapy International

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 75-93

  Lilja, Margareta ^a   Bergh, Anders ^b   Johansson, Lennarth ^b   Nygård, Louise ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Assistive technology; Attitudes of elderly towards rehabilitation; Patient compliance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONELINESS; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF HELP; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; SELF-HELP DEVICES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0038102554     PISSN: 09667903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oti.178     Document Type: Article

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