Getting prepared for life at home in the discharge process - from the perspective of the older persons and their relatives

International Journal of Older People Nursing

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 254-264

  Rydeman, Ingbritt ^a   Törnkvist, Lena ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Discharge process; Grounded theory; Home nursing care; Older person; Patients experience; Relatives experience

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FAMILY; FAMILY NURSING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FAMILY; FAMILY NURSING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

EID: 79952478088     PISSN: 17483735     EISSN: 17483743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-3743.2009.00190.x     Document Type: Article

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