Getting out of the house: The challenges mothers face when their children have long-term care needs

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-55

  Yantzi, Nicole M ^a   Rosenberg, Mark W ^b   McKeever, Patricia ^c  

^a Nursing Health Care Technology and Place ^*  (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c University of Toronto   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Disability; Isolation; Long term care; Mothers; Respite

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CAREGIVER; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

CAREGIVERS; CHILD; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DISABLED CHILDREN; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; ONTARIO; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 33845792513     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2006.00663.x     Document Type: Article

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