The Management of Loneliness in Aged Care Residents: An Important Therapeutic Target for Gerontological Nursing

Geriatric Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 318-325

  Brownie, Sonya ^a   Horstmanshof, Louise ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ELDERLY CARE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMAN; LONELINESS; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

AGED; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONELINESS; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 80053457449     PISSN: 01974572     EISSN: 15283984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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