Does hospital admission affect dependency levels of elderly psychiatric patients?

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 750-752

  Brackenridge, Peter ^a   Courtnay, Ken ^a   Jha, Arun ^a,b   Lawrence, Robert ^a  

^a Psychogeriatric Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b Logandene Elderly Care Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dependency levels; Elderly; Psychogeriatic unit

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HAMILTON SCALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; RATING SCALE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPENDENCY (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL;

EID: 0030857685     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199707)12:7<750::AID-GPS627>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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