The social lives of rural Australian nursing home residents

Ageing and Society

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 329-353

  Parmenter, Glenda ^a   Cruickshank, Mary ^b   Hussain, Rafat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

aged care; family; nursing home; rural; social network; visiting

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH WORKER; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SURVEY METHOD; TELEPHONE NETWORK;

AUSTRALIA; NEW ENGLAND; NEW SOUTH WALES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855710124     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X11000304     Document Type: Article

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