'It's time it ended and yet i hesitate, i hesitate to end it': The emotional world of an old people's home

Journal of Social Work Practice

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 329-343

  Jones, Charlie ^a,b   Wright, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH MARJON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emotion; Observation; Older people; Residential home; Supervision

Indexed keywords

EID: 54949083097     PISSN: 02650533     EISSN: 14653885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02650530802396668     Document Type: Article

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