Client satisfaction with live-in and live-out home care workers in Israel

Journal of Aging and Social Policy

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 105-122

  Iecovich, Esther ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Client satisfaction; Developing nations; Home care; Home care workers; Israel; Migrants

Indexed keywords

DISABILITY; ELDERLY CARE; ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH WORKER; MIGRATION; WELFARE PROVISION;

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIGRATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LANGUAGE; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 35048829248     PISSN: 08959420     EISSN: 15450821     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J031v19n04_06     Document Type: Article

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