Being, feeling and acting: A qualitative study of Swedish home-help care recipients' understandings of dependence and independence

Journal of Aging Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 75-87

  Hammarström, Gunhild ^a   Torres, Sandra ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dependence; Elderly people; Home help care recipients; Independence; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949263019     PISSN: 08904065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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