"Such Trivial Matters:" How staff account for restrictions of residents' influence in nursing homes

Journal of Aging Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-11

  Persson, Tove ^a   Wästerfors, David ^b  

^a JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Accounts; Elderly people; Folk logic; Influence; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049178960     PISSN: 08904065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2007.09.005     Document Type: Article

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