The experience of older people living independently in Singapore

International Nursing Review

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 525-535

  Tan, K K ^a   He, H G ^b   Chan, S W C ^c   Vehvilainen Julkunen K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Healthy Ageing; Living Alone; Living Independently; Older People; Resources; Singapore

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VERY ELDERLY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84948072377     PISSN: 00208132     EISSN: 14667657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/inr.12200     Document Type: Article

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