Family functioning, health and social support assessed by aged home care clients and their family members

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 19-20, 2013, Pages 2953-2963

  Hautsalo, Katja ^a   Rantanen, Anja ^a   Astedt Kurki, Päivi ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Family nursing; Home care; Older people; Social support

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FAMILY; FAMILY NURSING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; OLDER PEOPLE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VERY ELDERLY;

FAMILY NURSING; HOME CARE; OLDER PEOPLE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84883560526     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2012.04335.x     Document Type: Article

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