Enabling frail older people with a communication difficulty to express their views: The use of Talking Mats™ as an interview tool

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 95-107

  Murphy, Joan ^a   Tester, Susan ^a   Hubbard, Gill ^b   Downs, Murna ^c   MacDonald, Charlotte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication disability; Frail older people; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; COMMUNICATION AID; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING HOME; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; VISION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 14644394213     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2005.00528.x     Document Type: Review

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