Satisfaction with living arrangements of older adults with intellectual disability: Service users' and carers' views

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 12-29

  Rourke, Anne O ^a   Grey, Ian M ^b   Fuller, Ray ^b   McClean, Brian ^c  

^a Eastern Regional Health Authority   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c Brothers of Charity   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Older adults; Quality of life; Residential placement; Service planning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; INTERVIEW; LEARNING DISORDER; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL CARE;

EID: 2342441294     PISSN: 14690047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469004704039306     Document Type: Article

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