Cognitive impairment: A challenge for community care. A comparison of the domiciliary service receipt of cognitively impaired and equally dependent physically impaired elderly women

Age and Ageing

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 301-308

  Ely, Margaret ^a,b,c   Brayne, Carol ^a,c   Huppert, Felicia A ^c   O'Connor, Daniel W ^d   Pollitt, Penny A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Cambridge Huntingdon Hlth Commn   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Community care; Service receipt

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FORECASTING; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PATIENT CARE TEAM;

EID: 0030839663     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/26.4.301     Document Type: Article

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