Living in institutional care: Residents' experiences and coping strategies

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 597-613

  Timonen, Virpi ^a   O'Dwyer, Ciara ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Maslow's hierarchy of needs; Older people; Quality of life; Residential care

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 70449626180     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00981380902791267     Document Type: Article

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