The quality of life of aged people living in homes for the aged La calidad de vida de la persona de edad avanzada institucionalizada en hogares de ancianos A qualidade de vida da pessoa idosa institucionalizada em lares

This is a descriptive cross-sectional study. The sample consisted of 93 aged people, divided among four institutions in the municipality of Lamego (Portugal). The purpose of this study was to investigate the quality of life of the sample and the factors affecting it, and identify the degree of depen...

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Main Authors: António José Pereira dos Santos Almeida, Vitor Manuel Costa Pereira Rodrigues
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2008-12-01
Series:Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-11692008000600014