Aging in place: A proposal for rural community-based care for frail elders

Nurse Practitioner Forum: Current Topics and Communications

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-38

  Beidler, Susan M ^a,b   Bourbonniere, Meg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; ELDERLY CARE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; RURAL HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MODELS, NURSING; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033092824     PISSN: 10455485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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