Changes in nursing home residents during an innovation based on the theory of gerotranscendence

International Journal of Older People Nursing

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 108-115

  Wadensten, Barbro ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Communication; Gerontological nursing; Gerotranscendence; Holistic nursing; Nursing home care; Older people

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; NURSING HOME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SWEDEN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SWEDEN;

EID: 79952201043     PISSN: 17483735     EISSN: 17483743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-3743.2010.00215.x     Document Type: Article

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