Home help services in Sweden: Responsiveness to changing demographics and needs

European Journal of Ageing

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-55

  Savla, Jyoti ^a   Davey, Adam ^b   Sundström, Gerdt ^c   Zarit, Steven H ^d   Malmberg, Bo ^c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Home help services; Institutional care; Sweden; Targeting

Indexed keywords

EID: 40349110983     PISSN: 16139372     EISSN: 16139380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10433-008-0071-y     Document Type: Article

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