Comparative characteristics of the home care nursing services used by community-dwelling older people from urban and rural environments

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1259-1268

  Borowiak, Ewa ^a   Kostka, Tomasz ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Comprehensive geriatric assessment; Nursing care; Residence environment; Senescence; The diseases suffered

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; POLAND; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; POLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84876097761     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2012.06113.x     Document Type: Article

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