Consumer panel study on elderly people's wishes concerning services

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Valkila, Noora ^a   Litja, Heli ^a   Aalto, Leena ^a   Saari, Arto ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Consumer panel; Daily living; Needs of elderly; Services for elderly

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO AGING; DEPRESSION; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; RECREATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 77957341770     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2009.12.004     Document Type: Article

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