Home care from the perspective of older clients and their professional carers

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 180-184

  Eloranta, Sini ^a,b   Arve, Seija ^a,c   Isoaho, Hannu ^d   Routasalo, Pirkko ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b HOSPITAL DISTRICT OF SOUTHWEST FINLAND   (Finland)

^c TURKU CITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d Statcon Ltd   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Collaboration in community care; Home care staff; Home visits; Older clients

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIVE;

EID: 77955273591     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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