Standing guard-being a relative to a hospitalised, elderly person

Journal of Aging Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 133-149

  Lindhardt, Tove ^a   Bolmsjö, Ingrid A ^b   Hallberg, Ingalill Rahm ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adult children; Aged hospitalised; Aging parents; Caregivers psychosocial factors; Collaboration; Decision making; Elderly; Family attitudes; Family relations; Family role; Lived experience; Phenomenology; Professional family relations; Relatives

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645952403     PISSN: 08904065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2005.06.001     Document Type: Article

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