Gender differences in use and availability of home and community-based services for people with dementia

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 38-59

  Forbes, Dorothy A ^a   Jansen, S Lynn ^a   Markle Reid, Maureen ^b   Hawranik, Pamela ^c   Morgan, Debra ^d   Henderson, Sandra ^b   Leipert, Beverly ^a   Peacock, Shelley ^e   Kingston, Dawn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^e SASKATCHEWAN POLYTECHNIC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian community health survey; Canadians with dementia; Gender differences in use of community based services; Supportive home care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; ELDERLY CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MEN; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; WOMEN;

EID: 42949168205     PISSN: 08445621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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