Life satisfaction among older people (65+) with reduced self-care capacity: The relationship to social, health and financial aspects

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 607-618

  Borg, Christel ^a,b   Hallberg, Ingalill R ^a,c   Blomqvist, Kerstin ^d  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c Swedish Institute for Health Sciences   (Sweden)

^d KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Life satisfaction; Life Satisfaction Index Z; Nursing care; Older Americans' Resources Schedule; Older people; Self care capacity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; LONELINESS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSE ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SELF CARE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SWEDEN;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONELINESS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSE'S ROLE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF CARE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SWEDEN;

EID: 33645513393     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2006.01375.x     Document Type: Article

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