Care for community-dwelling frail older people: A practice nurse perspective

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 15-16, 2014, Pages 2313-2322

  Bindels, Jill ^a   Cox, Karen ^a,b   Widdershoven, Guy ^c   van Schayck, Onno CP ^a   Abma, Tineke A ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b FONTYS UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Care ethics; Frail older people; Frailty; Home visits; Practice nurses; Primary care; Relationship

Indexed keywords

AGED; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING HOME; NURSING PRACTICE; STANDARDS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; NURSING HOMES;

EID: 84904423148     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jocn.12513     Document Type: Article

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