Client Satisfaction with Transportation and Handyman/Chore Services in a Pilot Shared Cost-Service Coordination Program

Journal of Gerontological Social Work

Volumn 31, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 133-148

  Bear, Mary ^a   Sauer, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Client satisfaction; Handyman chore services; Transportation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937184871     PISSN: 01634372     EISSN: 15404048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J083v31n03_08     Document Type: Article

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