Being a Nursing Home Resident: A Challenge to One's Identity

Going into a nursing home can turn out to be a critical life experience if elderly people are afraid of losing their independence and identity after having moved into a nursing home. In order to find out what nursing home residents need in their first year after having moved into a nursing home to m...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Maria Riedl, Franco Mantovan, Christa Them
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Nursing Research and Practice
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/932381