Volunteer provision of long-term care for older people in Thailand and Costa Rica;Implication de bénévoles dans les soins de longue durée des personnes âgées au Costa Rica et en Thaïlande;Participación de voluntarios en el cuidado a largo plazo de personas mayores en Costa Rica y Tailandia

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 774-778

  Lloyd Sherlock, Peter ^a   Pot, Anne Margriet ^b   Sasat, Siriphan ^c   Morales Martinez, Fernando ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; MENTAL HEALTH; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; QUALITY OF LIFE; TRAINING; VULNERABILITY;

ADULT; COMMUNITY CARE; COSTA RICA; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HOME VISIT; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL WORK; THAILAND; VOLUNTEER; AGED; HEALTH SERVICE;

COSTA RICA;

MURIDAE;

AGED; COSTA RICA; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; THAILAND; VOLUNTEERS;

EID: 85032939884     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.16.187526     Document Type: Article

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