Meeting the needs of elderly with bathing disability

Australian Occupational Therapy Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 164-171

  Zingmark, Magnus ^a,b   Bernspång, Birgitta ^b  

^a Municipality of Östersund ^*  (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Bathing; Home care; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BATHS; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 79956278570     PISSN: 00450766     EISSN: 14401630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1630.2010.00904.x     Document Type: Article

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