Frail older people's experiences and use of health and social care services

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 222-229

  Themessl Huber, Markus ^a   Hubbard, Gill ^b   Munro, Pat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community care; Emergency hospital admissions; Older people; Patient centred care; Service provision

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER; DEMOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 33847373820     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2007.00726.x     Document Type: Article

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