Home nursing in Europe : Patterns of professionalisation and institutionalisation of home care and family care to elderly people in Denmark, France, the Netherlands and Germany.

The increase in the number and life expectancy of elderly people is a general trend across Europe. Each country responds differently to the increased demands for elderly care, due to differences in their socio-cultural, political, and historical backgrounds. This book describes patterns of caregivin...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Van der Boom, Hannerieke
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2009.
Sujets:
Home nursing > Europe.
Older people.
Cross-cultural studies.
Home Care Services > organization & administration
Aged
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Health Services for the Aged
Home Nursing > organization & administration
Aged, 80 and over
Soins infirmiers à domicile > Europe.
Personnes âgées.
Études transculturelles.
elderly.
Older people
Cross-cultural studies
Home nursing
Europe.
Europe
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Résumé:The increase in the number and life expectancy of elderly people is a general trend across Europe. Each country responds differently to the increased demands for elderly care, due to differences in their socio-cultural, political, and historical backgrounds. This book describes patterns of caregiving to frail, elderly people in Denmark, France, the Netherlands, and Germany. For each country, characteristic features of professional and informal elderly care are described, specifically focusing on home nursing. Differences in home nursing in these four countries are described from a broad sociol.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (353 pages)
ISBN:9789048521180
9048521181
1283259621
9781283259620

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