Do models of care designed for terminally ill 'home alone' people improve their end-of-life experience? A patient perspective

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 599-606

  Aoun, Samar ^a   O'Connor, Moira ^a   Skett, Kim ^b   Deas, Kathleen ^a   Smith, Joanna ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Silver Chain   (Australia)

Author keywords

Access to support; Living alone; Models of service care delivery; Palliative care; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SINGLE PERSON; TERMINALLY ILL; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84867632639     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2012.01074.x     Document Type: Article

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