Acceptable and unacceptable risk: balancing everyday risk by family members of older cognitively impaired adults who live alone

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 402-415

  Cott, Cheryl A ^a   Tierney, Mary C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

ageing; family carers; older people; relatives; risk; risk management; risk perception

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

EID: 84883488561     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: 14698331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13698575.2013.801936     Document Type: Article

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