Persons found in their homes helpless or dead

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 334, Issue 26, 1996, Pages 1710-1716

  Gurley, R Jan ^a,b,e   Lum, Nancy ^a,c   Sande, Merle ^d   Lo, Bernard ^a   Katz, Mitcheli H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e AIDS Office San Francisco   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; DISABLED PERSON; EMERGENCY WARD; GENDER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HELPLESSNESS; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTHENIA; COMA; DEATH; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAN FRANCISCO; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029995981     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199606273342606     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Cummings SR, Nevitt MC. Falls. N Engl J Med 1994;331:872-3.
2. Department of Health and Human Services. The international classification of diseases. 9th rev. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1992.
3. Geographical profile of the aged. Stat Bull Metrop Insur Co 1993;74(1):2-9.
4. Treas J. Family support systems for the aged: some social and demographic considerations. Gerontologist 1977;17:486-91.
5. Crimmins EM, Ingegneri DG. Interaction and living arrangements of older parents and their children: past trends, present determinants, future implications. Res Aging 1990;12:3-35.
6. Treas J. The great American fertility debate: generational balance and support of the aged. Gerontologist 1981;21:98-103.
7. Hennon CB. Divorce and the elderly: a neglected area of research. In: Brubaker H, ed. Family relationships in later life. Beverly Hills, Calif.: Sage, 1983:149-72.
8. Cantor MH, Little V. Aging and social care. In: Binstock RH, Shanas E, eds. Handbook of aging and the social sciences. 2nd ed. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1985.
9. Steinbach U. Social networks, institutionalization, and mortality among elderly people in the United States. J Gerontol 1992;47:S183-S190.
10. Goldberg KC, Hartz AJ, Jacobsen SJ, Krakauer H, Rimm AA. Racial and community factors influencing coronary artery bypass graft surgery rates for all 1986 Medicare patients. JAMA 1992;267:1473-7.
11. Jacobsen SJ, Goldberg J, Miles TP, Brody JA, Stiers W, Rimm AA. Hip fracture incidence among the old and very old: a population-based study of 745,435 cases. Am J Public Health 1990;80:871-3.