The twilight zone? NHS services for older people in residential and nursing homes

Quality in Ageing and Older Adults

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 3-12

  Jacobs, Sally ^a   Glendinning, Caroline ^a  

^a NPCRDC ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Health services; Intermediate care; Older people; Residential and nursing homes

Indexed keywords

EID: 12244308578     PISSN: 14717794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14717794200100012     Document Type: Review

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