Older people in Sweden with various degrees of present quality of life: Their health, social support, everyday activities and sense of coherence

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 136-146

  Borglin, Gunilla ^a,b   Jakobsson, Ulf ^a   Edberg, Anna Karin ^a   Hallberg, Ingalill Rahm ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age 75+; Health problems; Nursing; Quality of life; Social care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATE MEDICINE; SWEDEN;

EID: 33645120201     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2006.00603.x     Document Type: Article

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