Daily life after moving into a care home - Experiences from older people, relatives and contact persons

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1712-1718

  Andersson, Ingegerd ^a   Pettersson, Elisabet ^a   Sidenvall, Birgitta ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Care home; Contact persons; Daily life; Moving decision; Older people; Relatives; Satisfaction; Self determination

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BOREDOM; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FURNITURE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONELINESS; MALE; NURSING HOME; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PRIVACY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BOREDOM; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONELINESS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENTS' ROOMS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PRIVACY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN;

EID: 34548255340     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.01703.x     Document Type: Article

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