An integrative research review of preventive home visits among older people - Is an individual health resource perspective a vision or a reality?

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 558-568

  Fagerström, Lisbeth ^a,b   Wikblad, Annika ^c   Nilsson, Jenny ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

^c Svenska University of Applied Sciences   (Finland)

Author keywords

Elder care; Gerontological nursing; Gerontology; Health resources; Health visiting; Integrative research; Older; Preventive home visit; Systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DENMARK; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DENMARK; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 68949122534     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2008.00637.x     Document Type: Article

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