Raising the quality of home care: A study of service user's views

Social Policy and Administration

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 290-305

  Francis, Jennifer ^a   Netten, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commissioning; Home care; Older people; Performance indicators; Quality

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY CARE; ELDERLY POPULATION; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 2442576931     PISSN: 01445596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9515.2004.00391.x     Document Type: Article

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