Informal caregivers' needs on discharge from the spinal cord unit: Analysis of perceptions and lived experiences

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 159-167

  Conti, Alessio ^a   Garrino, Lorenza ^b   Montanari, Paola ^c   Dimonte, Valerio ^b  

^a CITTÀ DELLA SALUTE E DELLA SCIENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c San Camillo Hospital of Turin   (Italy)

Author keywords

Caregivers; discharge; needs assessment; spinal cord injuries

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVER; EMOTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; COMMUNICATION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT DISCHARGE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84947564756     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2015.1031287     Document Type: Article

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