Accessing and interviewing the oldest old in care homes

Quality in Ageing and Older Adults

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 27-33

  Fisk, Malcolm ^a   Wigley, Veronica ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Nursing homes; Older people; Residential homes; Screening tests; Survey methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 30444455436     PISSN: 14717794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14717794200000005     Document Type: Review

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