Moving from victim blaming to an appreciative inquiry: Exploring quality of life in care homes

Quality in Ageing and Older Adults

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 27-36

  Meyer, Julienne ^a   Heath, Hazel ^a   Holman, Cheryl ^a   Owen, Tom ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b AGE UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appreciative inquiry; Care homes; Literature review; Older people; Quality of care; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149483892     PISSN: 14717794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14717794200600025     Document Type: Review

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