End-of-life care in residential care homes: a retrospective study of the perspectives of family members using the VOICES questionnaire

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 72-84

  Andersson, Sofia ^a   Lindqvist, Olav ^a,b   Fürst, Carl Johan ^c   Brännström, Margareta ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

elderly; end of life; family members; palliative care; quality of care; residential care homes; VOICES questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWEDEN; TERMINAL CARE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84960977397     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/scs.12317     Document Type: Article

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