Assessment of indigenous older peoples' needs for home and community care in remote central Australia

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 85-95

  Lindeman, Melissa A ^a   Pedler, Robyn P ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BATCHELOR INSTITUTE OF INDIGENOUS TERTIARY EDUCATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Client assessment; Home and community care; Indigenous older people; Remote communities

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY CARE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION;

AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 38949084870     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10823-007-9053-3     Document Type: Article

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