Voices of Elders: Culture and Person Factors of Residents Admitted to Long-Term Care Facilities

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 397-404

  Hutchinson, Shirley ^a   Hersch, Gayle ^a   Davidson, Harriett A ^a   Chu, Adeline Yee Mei ^a   Mastel Smith, Beth ^b  

^a TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptation; African Americans; Caucasians; culture; older adults; relocation; skilled nursing

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING HOME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; NARRATION; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 81055147015     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: 15527832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043659611414138     Document Type: Article

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