Home as the locus and origin for participation: Experiences among very old Swedish people

OTJR Occupation, Participation and Health

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 95-103

  Haak, Maria ^a   Ivanoff, Synneve Dahlin ^b   Fänge, Agneta ^a   Sixsmith, Judith ^c   Iwarsson, Susanne ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activity; Grounded theory; Occupational therapy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; SATISFACTION;

EID: 34547146341     PISSN: 15394492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153944920702700303     Document Type: Article

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