Well-being and Lack of Well-being among Nursing Home Residents

Ageing International

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 150-166

  Motteran, Arianna ^a   Trifiletti, Elena ^a   Pedrazza, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Behaviors; Emotional states; Nursing home; Private spaces; Public spaces; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958753415     PISSN: 01635158     EISSN: 1936606X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12126-016-9240-z     Document Type: Article

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