Older persons' experience of being assessed for and receiving public home help: Do they have any influence over it?

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 26-36

  Janlöv, Ann Christin ^a   Hallberg, Ingalill Rahm ^a   Petersson, Kerstin ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Age 75 and older; Influence; Needs assessment; Public home help; Social service care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL WORK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 33644878302     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2005.00594.x     Document Type: Article

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