Quality of life and wellbeing of the elderly in Lebanese nursing homes

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 72-93

  Doumit, Jacqueline ^a   Nasser, Ramzi ^b  

^a NOTRE DAME UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^b QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Elderly people; Lebanon; Nursing homes; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; LEBANON; MALE; NURSING HOME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LEBANON; MALE; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 75649144044     PISSN: 09526862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09526861011010695     Document Type: Article

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