Family members' responsibilities to nursing home residents: "She is the only mother I got"

Journal of Gerontological Nursing

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 43-52

  Bern Klug, Mercedes ^a   Forbes Thompson, Sarah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT CHILD; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FAMILY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING HOME; PATIENT ADVOCACY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ADULT CHILDREN; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FAMILY; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS;

EID: 41249092744     PISSN: 00989134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/00989134-20080201-02     Document Type: Article

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