The roles and functions of the informal support networks of older people who receive formal support: A Swedish qualitative study

Ageing and Society

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 67-85

  Dunér, Anna ^a   Nordström, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Formal support network; Informal support network; Older people

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; ELDERLY CARE; ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH SERVICES; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 33847319305     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X06005344     Document Type: Article

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