Coping with ageing and failing health: A qualitative study among elderly living alone

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 257-264

  Birkeland, Arvid ^a   Natvig, Gerd Karin ^a  

^a WESTERN NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Coping; Disabled; Elderly; Home nursing care

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORWAY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NORWAY; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 70350715055     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-172X.2009.01754.x     Document Type: Article

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