Ambiguities: Residents' experience of 'nursing home as my home'

International Journal of Older People Nursing

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 216-225

  Nakrem, Sigrid ^a   Vinsnes, Anne G ^a   Harkless, Gene E ^a,b   Paulsen, Bård ^c   Seim, Arnfinn ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c SINTEF   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Healthcare users' experiences; Long term care; Nursing homes; Older people; Qualitative interviews; Quality of care; Residential facility

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTHCARE USERS' EXPERIENCES; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NURSING HOME; OLDER PEOPLE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE INTERVIEWS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENTIAL FACILITY; STANDARD; VERY ELDERLY;

HEALTHCARE USERS' EXPERIENCES; LONG-TERM CARE; NURSING HOMES; OLDER PEOPLE; QUALITATIVE INTERVIEWS; QUALITY OF CARE; RESIDENTIAL FACILITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84881597035     PISSN: 17483735     EISSN: 17483743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-3743.2012.00320.x     Document Type: Article

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