Managing the care needs of low-income board-and-care home residents: A process of negotiating risks

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 478-495

  Perkins, Molly M ^a   Ball, Mary M ^a   Whittington, Frank J ^a   Combs, Bess L ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Assisted living; Board and care; Grounded theory; Negotiated order; Risk

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHNOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SOCIAL ASPECT; SURVIVAL; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECONOMICS; FRAIL ELDERLY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GROUP HOMES; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEGOTIATING; POVERTY; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES;

EID: 2442439991     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732303262619     Document Type: Article

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