Shaping home care in Europe: The contribution of the Aged in Home Care project

Abstract

Shaping home care in Europe: The contribution of the Aged in Home Care project. The article presents a review of studies published by the research group of the Vth FP European project Aged in Home Care (2000-2004).

It summarizes majorresults of published studies on elderly home care population from 11 European countries and recommendations how to improve health of older women in European home care.

Keywords

• Women's situation
• Home care
• Europe
• Cross-sectional
• Outcomes
• CGA
• Older adults