Dependency in older people recently admitted to care homes

Age and Ageing

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 255-260

  Challis, David ^a   Mozley, Caroline Godlove ^a   Sutcliffe, Caroline ^a   Bagley, Heather ^a   Price, Leonie ^a   Burns, Alistair ^a   Huxley, Peter ^a   Cordingley, Lis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Admission; Dependency; Nursing homes; Residential homes

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REHABILITATION; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034068532     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/29.3.255     Document Type: Article

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