Older people's dependence on caregivers' help in their own homes and their lived experiences of their opportunity to make independent decisions

International Journal of Older People Nursing

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 139-148

  Breitholtz, Agneta ^a,b   Snellman, Ingrid ^b   Fagerberg, Ingegerd ^a,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Department of Health Care Sciences of Ersta Sköndal ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Decision making; Home care; Narrative; Nursing; Phenomenological hermeneutics; Self determination

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECISION MAKING; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CARE; SWEDEN; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CAREGIVERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DECISION MAKING; DEPENDENCY (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; SELF CARE; SWEDEN;

EID: 84876085331     PISSN: 17483735     EISSN: 17483743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-3743.2012.00338.x     Document Type: Article

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