Living well in care homes: A systematic review of qualitative studies

Age and Ageing

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 429-440

  Bradshaw, Siobhan Aine ^a   Playford, E Diane ^b   Riazi, Afsane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care homes nursing homes; Older people; Qualitative research methods; Qualitative review; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HOME CARE; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 84863995158     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afs069     Document Type: Review

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