Clients' and workers' perceptions on clients' functional ability and need for help: Home care in municipalities

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-32

  Hammar, Teija ^a   Perälä, Marja Leena ^a   Rissanen, Pekka ^b  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Basic activities of daily living; Home help; Home nursing; Instrumental activities of daily living; Older people

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CITIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOME HEALTH AIDES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 60449084426     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2007.00582.x     Document Type: Article

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