Self-care program for older community-dwellers: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Central European Journal of Nursing and Midwifery

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 145-155

  Tan, Khoon Kiat ^a   Chan, Sally Wai Chi ^b   Vehviläinen Julkunen, Katri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Older people; Quality of life; Randomized controlled trial; Resilience; Salutogenesis; Self care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84916938399     PISSN: 23363517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15452/CEJNM.2014.05.0010     Document Type: Article

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