A new typology of home-care helpers

Gerontologist

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 750-759

  Porter, Eileen J ^a   Ganong, Lawrence H ^a   Drew, Nancy ^b   Lanes, Tracy I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAINT JOSEPH   (United States)

Author keywords

Formal informal home care; Home care helper typology; Standby assistance

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; THEORETICAL MODEL; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

EID: 10644297314     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/44.6.750     Document Type: Article

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