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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1. Verfasser: Boom, Hannerieke van der
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam : Aksant, 2008.
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (352 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 324-341).
ISBN:9789048521180
9048521181
1283259621
9781283259620
9786613259622
6613259624

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