Death wishes among older people assessed for home support and long-term aged residential care

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 1371-1380

  Cheung, Gary ^a   Edwards, Siobhan ^b   Sundram, Frederick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

death wishes; depression; loneliness; older people; self rated health

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH WISH; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FALLING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH STATUS; HOME MENTAL HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; LONG TERM CARE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDAL IDEATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONELINESS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

EID: 85006004252     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.4624     Document Type: Article

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