An innovative approach to recruiting homebound older adults

Research in Gerontological Nursing

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-17

  Crawford Shearer, Nelma B ^a   Fleury, Julie D ^a   Belyea, Michael ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; EDUCATION; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH SERVICE; HOMEBOUND PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; NURSING RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLICATION; RESEARCH SUBJECT; STATISTICS; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

AGED; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; FOOD SERVICES; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOMEBOUND PERSONS; HUMANS; NURSING RESEARCH; PAMPHLETS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; RESEARCHER-SUBJECT RELATIONS; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; TRUST;

EID: 77949312871     PISSN: 19404921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/19404921-20091029-01     Document Type: Article

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