The impact of living in a care home on the health and wellbeing of spinal cord injured people

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 4185-4202

  Smith, Brett ^a   Caddick, Nick ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care home; Health; Quality of life; Spinal cord injury; Wellbeing

Indexed keywords

DISABILITY; ELDERLY CARE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HOME CARE; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LONELINESS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SUICIDAL IDEATION; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN RIGHTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; PERSONHOOD; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; UNITED KINGDOM;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PERSONHOOD; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84927930837     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph120404185     Document Type: Article

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