Determinants of home-based formal help in community-dwelling older people in Finland

European Journal of Ageing

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 335-347

  Blomgren, Jenni ^a   Martikainen, Pekka ^b   Martelin, Tuija ^a   Koskinen, Seppo ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Finland; Formal care; Formal help; Informal care; Informal help; Olde rpeople

Indexed keywords

EID: 56349162576     PISSN: 16139372     EISSN: 16139380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10433-008-0094-4     Document Type: Article

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