Functional status and need of help among people aged 90 or over: A mailed survey with a total home-dwelling population

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 106-111

  Jylhä, Marja ^a   Hervonen, Antti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

Author keywords

elderly; functional status; institutionalization; longevity; mortality; need of help; oldest old; population studies; survey method

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LONGEVITY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FINLAND; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOMEBOUND PERSONS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MORTALITY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0033306423     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/14034948990270021001     Document Type: Article

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