Volunteering in dementia care - A Norwegian phenomenological study

Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages 61-67

  Söderhamn, Ulrika ^a   Landmark, Bjørg ^b,c   Aasgaard, Live ^b   Eide, Hilde ^c   Söderhamn, Olle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^b Municipality of Drammen   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Activity; Early stage dementia; Phenomenology; Voluntary work

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DEMENTIA; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FREEDOM; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MOTIVATION; NORWAY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHENOMENOLOGY; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL LEARNING; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL WORK; TRUST; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

EID: 84873335039     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11782390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/JMDH.S28240     Document Type: Article

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