'Familiarity' as a key factor influencing rural family carers' experience of the nursing home placement of an older relative: A qualitative study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Ryan, Assumpta ^a   McKenna, Hugh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Family carers; Nursing homes; Older people; Rural health care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; FAMILY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; NURSING HOME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RECOGNITION; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; FAMILY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84879800921     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-252     Document Type: Review

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