Our elderly population feels well. They are in control and not burdening their caregivers

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 50, Issue DEC., 2004, Pages 1662-1663

  Worrall, Graham ^a,c   Knight, John ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b Centre for Rural Health Studies   (Canada)

^c Dr William H Newhook Memorial Health Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DEMOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; RATING SCALE; SELF CONCEPT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; NEWFOUNDLAND;

EID: 10944243669     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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