Care Arrangement Choices for Older Widows: Decision Participants' Perspectives

Journal of Women and Aging

Volumn 15, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 127-143

  Jenkins, Carol L ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Care arrangement decisions; Formal care; Independence; Informal care; Nursing home care; Older widows

Indexed keywords

AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NURSING HOME; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; WIDOW;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 0242573261     PISSN: 08952841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J074v15n02_08     Document Type: Review

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