Home visits for frail older people: A qualitative study on the needs and preferences of frail older people and their informal caregivers

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 62, Issue 601, 2012, Pages

  Van Kempen, Janneke A L ^a   Robben, Sarah H M ^a   Zuidema, Sytse U ^b   Olde Rikkert, Marcel G M ^a   Melis, René J F ^a   Schers, Henk J ^c  

^a Department of Geriatric Medicine ^*  (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Frail elderly; House calls; Patient preference; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 84865075536     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp12X653606     Document Type: Article

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