"If I Didn't have anybody, what would I have done?": Experiences of older adults and their discharge home after lower limb orthopaedic surgery

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 916-922

  Perry, Meredith A C ^a   Hudson, Sheena ^b   Ardis, Kathleen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c Hutt Valley District Health Board   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Lower limb orthopaedic surgery; Older adult; Patient discharge; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONVALESCENCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HIP; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATERNALISM; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PATERNALISM; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 80155206410     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-0874     Document Type: Article

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