Care recipients' and family members' perceptions of quality of older people care: A comparison of home-based care and nursing homes

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 9-10, 2011, Pages 1423-1435

  Hasson, Henna ^a,b,c   Arnetz, Judith E ^d,e  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Institute for Health Sciences   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aged care; Home care services; Home nursing; Quality of care; Questionnaire; Residential care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; NURSING HOME; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; PATIENTS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 79954608637     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03469.x     Document Type: Article

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