Carers' and nurses' appraisals of needs of nursing home placement for frail older in Norway

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 3079-3088

  Fjelltun, Aud Mari Sohini ^a,b   Henriksen, Nils ^b   Norberg, Astrid ^b   Gilje, Fredricka ^c   Normann, Hans Ketil ^b  

^a Centre for Research of the Elderly   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Norway; Nurses; Nursing; Nursing homes; Older people

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; NORWAY; NURSE; NURSING HOME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; NORWAY; NURSES; NURSING HOMES;

EID: 70349909886     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02663.x     Document Type: Article

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