Quality of private personal care for elderly people with a disability living at home: Correlates and potential outcomes

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 354-362

  Bilotta, Claudio ^a,b   Vergani, Carlo ^b  

^a Geriatric Medicine Unit   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Caregiver burden; Elderly people; Private personal aides; Quality of care; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; STANDARD;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRIVATE SECTOR; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 45749114113     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2007.00746.x     Document Type: Article

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