Dressing and grooming: Preferences of community-dwelling older adults

Journal of Gerontological Nursing

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 31-39

  Cohen Mansfield, Jiska ^a,b,c   Jensen, Barbara ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Hebrew Home of Greater Washington   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLOTHING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HABIT; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; MALE; MARRIAGE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OCCUPATION; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CLOTHING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HABITS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MARYLAND; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF CARE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33947716591     PISSN: 00989134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/00989134-20070201-07     Document Type: Article

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