Committed to caring: Carer experiences after a relative goes into nursing or residential care

Quality in Ageing and Older Adults

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 16-26

  Seddon, Diane ^a   Jones, Kate ^a   Boyle, Mari ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b The Princess Royal Trust for Carers   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Admission; Care home; Care staff; Carers; Older people; Responsibilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 15444371704     PISSN: 14717794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14717794200200018     Document Type: Review

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