Home visiting programme for older people with health problems: Process evaluation

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 425-435

  Nicolaides Bouman, Ans ^a   Van Rossum, Erik ^a,b   Habets, Herbert ^b,c   Kempen, Gertrudis I J M ^a   Knipschild, Paul ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Professional University   (Netherlands)

^c Sittard Geleen Heerlen   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Community care; Frail; Gerontology; Health visiting; Home visiting; Older people; Process evaluation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL WELFARE; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIAL WELFARE;

EID: 34249014336     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04235.x     Document Type: Article

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