The 'right' place to care for older people: Home or institution?

Nursing Inquiry

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 64-73

  Björnsdóttir, Kristin ^a   Ceci, Christine ^b   Purkis, Mary Ellen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Access to nursing home; Discourse analysis; Elderly; Home care; Policy

Indexed keywords

AGED; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; ICELAND; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MANPOWER; NURSING HOME; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

AGED; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH POLICY; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; ICELAND; NURSING HOMES;

EID: 84922725413     PISSN: 13207881     EISSN: 14401800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nin.12041     Document Type: Article

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