Community support: Older adults' perceptions

Clinical Nursing Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-23

  Gallagher, Louise P ^a,b,c,d   Truglio Londrigan, Marie ^{a,e,f,g,h,i,j}  

^a PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d Visiting Nurse Services in Westchester   (United States)

^e Institute for Healthy Aging   (United States)

^f CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^g SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ Bergen County Dept of Health Svcs   (United States)

^j Bergen Co Dept of Health Services ^*

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Author keywords

Informal and formal community support; The seven A's: Awareness, availability, accessibility, affordability, appropriateness, adequacy, acceptability

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING HOME; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84862355885     PISSN: 10547738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1054773803259466     Document Type: Article

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