Open Journal of Nursing

Vol.7 No.8(2017), Paper ID 78542, 13 pages

DOI:10.4236/ojn.2017.78067

 

A Study to Examine the Relationship between Social Support and Perception of Being Institutionalized among the Elderly Aged 65 Years and Above Who Are in Institutions in Bulawayo Urban, Zimbabwe

 

Sifisokuhle I. Dhlamini-Sibanda, Virgininia Dube-Mawerewere, Grace Nkhoma, Clara O. Haruzivishe

 

College of Health Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
College of Health Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
College of Health Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
College of Health Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe

 

Copyright © 2017 Sifisokuhle I. Dhlamini-Sibanda, Virgininia Dube-Mawerewere, Grace Nkhoma, Clara O. Haruzivishe et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

 

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Dhlamini-Sibanda, S. , Dube-Mawerewere, V. , Nkhoma, G. and Haruzivishe, C. (2017) A Study to Examine the Relationship between Social Support and Perception of Being Institutionalized among the Elderly Aged 65 Years and Above Who Are in Institutions in Bulawayo Urban, Zimbabwe. Open Journal of Nursing, 7, 905-917. doi: 10.4236/ojn.2017.78067.

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