Quality of life for older people living in long-stay settings in Ireland

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2167-2177

  Murphy, Kathy ^a   Shea, Eamon O ^a   Cooney, Adeline ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Elder care; Long stay care; Mixed methods; Nurses; Nursing; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; IRELAND; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; IRELAND; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG-TERM CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 35148883241     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2006.01865.x     Document Type: Article

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