The relationship between clinical outcomes and quality of life for residents of aged care facilities

Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 49-57

  Courtney, Mary ^a   O'Reilly, Maria ^a   Edwards, Helen ^a   Hassall, Stacey ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b Blue Care   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged care; Quality assessment; Quality of care; Quality of life; Residential facilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649863869     PISSN: 08130531     EISSN: 14474328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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