Are public care and services for older people targeted according to need? Applying the Behavioural Model on longitudinal data of a Swedish urban older population

European Journal of Ageing

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 22-33

  Larsson, Kristina ^a,b   Thorslund, Mats ^a   Kåreholt, Ingemar ^a  

^a AGING RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM GERONTOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dementia; Depression; Elderly care; Home and community based services; The Andersen Behavioural Model

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644795735     PISSN: 16139372     EISSN: 16139380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10433-006-0017-1     Document Type: Article

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