Functional ability and health complaints among older people with a combination of public and informal care vs. public care only

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 136-148

  Karlsson, Staffan ^a   Edberg, Anna Karin ^a   Westergren, Albert ^a   Hallberg, Ingalill Rahm ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Functionally impaired elderly; Home care service; Home nursing; Residential residence; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWEDEN;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MORBIDITY; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING HOMES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SELECTION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SWEDEN;

EID: 38949117948     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2007.00549.x     Document Type: Article

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