Home care of the elderly: a family perspective.
Family home care of the elderly has become a primary focus of nursing theory, practice, and research. Traditional study of home care of the elderly, particularly the cognitively impaired, has focused on the experience of the caregiver. There is a need for consideration of the perception of the care recipient and the entire family unit. A model to explain the characteristics of the elderly care recipient, as well as theoretic and methodologic implications, are offered.
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College of Nursing, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah.
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D000368:Aged; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006701:Home Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D010358:Patient Participation; D011368:Professional-Family Relations