Development of the interpersonal dependency scale for older adults

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 40-44

  Gardner, Deborah ^a   Helmes, Edward ^b  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dependency; Elderly; Home care services; Psychological factors; Scales

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847248391     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2007.00204.x     Document Type: Article

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