Association between self-reported care needs and the allocation of care in Norwegian home nursing care recipients

International Journal of Older People Nursing

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 20-28

  Sævareid, Hans Inge ^a   Thygesen, Elin ^a   Lindstrom, Torill Christine ^b   Nygaard, Harald A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c Hospital for Old Psychiatry   (Norway)

Author keywords

Care needs; Home nursing care; Perceived social support; Sense of coherence

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NORWAY; OUTPATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NORWAY; OUTPATIENTS; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84857302519     PISSN: 17483735     EISSN: 17483743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-3743.2010.00247.x     Document Type: Article

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