Quality of life in nursing homes: Perception of physically frail elderly residents

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 48-55

  Hjaltadóttir, Ingibjörg ^a,b,c   Gústafsdóttir, Margrét ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^c NONE   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Elderly residents; Hermeneutic phenomenology; Nursing home; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; NURSING HOME; QUALITY OF LIFE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 34047218027     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2007.00434.x     Document Type: Article

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