Care needs and home-help services for older people in Sweden: Does improved functioning account for the reduction in public care?

Ageing and Society

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 413-429

  Larsson, Kristina ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM GERONTOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Community based services; Formal care; Home care; Home based services; Informal care; Policy development

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY CARE; ELDERLY POPULATION; PUBLIC SERVICE; SOCIAL POLICY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 33745234231     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X05004496     Document Type: Review

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