Post-acute rehabilitation care for older people in community hospitals and general hospitals - Philosophies of care and patients' and caregivers' reported experiences: A qualitative study

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 31, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 1862-1872

  Small, Neil ^a   Green, John ^b   Spink, Joanna ^a   Forster, Anne ^b   Young, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community hospital; elderly people; multi centre; post acute care; qualitative methods; rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHABILITATION CENTER; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREGIVERS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REHABILITATION CENTERS;

EID: 78650436472     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280902847002     Document Type: Article

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