Rehabilitation in nursing homes: A cross-national comparison of recipients

Age and Ageing

Volumn 26, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1997, Pages 37-42

  Berg, Katherine ^a   Sherwood, Sylvia ^b   Murphy, Katherine ^b   Iain Carpenter, G ^c   Gilgen, Ruedi ^d   Phillips, Charles D ^e  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^d Stadtspital Waid   (Switzerland)

^e Menorah Park Center for Senior Living   (United States)

Author keywords

International comparison; Nursing homes; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ICELAND; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ITALY; JAPAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING HOME; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; REHABILITATION; RESIDENT; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031471487     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/26.suppl_2.37     Document Type: Article

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