Deconstructing housework: Cuts to home support services and the implications for hospital discharge planning

Journal of Women and Aging

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-60

  Rockwell, Jasmyne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Discharge planning; Elders; Home support; Housekeeping; Women

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CASE REPORT; COST CONTROL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FEMINISM; GENDER IDENTITY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHILOSOPHY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL WORK; WORKLOAD;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COST CONTROL; FEMALE; FEMINISM; GENDER IDENTITY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOUSEKEEPING; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT DISCHARGE; POSTMODERNISM; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIAL WORK; WORKLOAD;

EID: 77951244990     PISSN: 08952841     EISSN: 15407322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08952840903489052     Document Type: Article

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