‘I know i signed something’: Older people, families and social workers’ understanding of the legal aspects of entry to residential care

Australian Social Work

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 155-165

  Wilson, Jill ^a   Setterlund, Deborah ^a   Tilse, Cheryl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged care facilities; Law; Social work

Indexed keywords

EID: 85050708295     PISSN: 0312407X     EISSN: 14470748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0312-407X.2003.00065.x     Document Type: Article

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