Performance-based home care for the elderly: The quality of circumstance protocol

Home Health Care Services Quarterly

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1-48

  Caro, Francis G ^a   Gottlieb, Alison S ^a   Safran Norton, Clare ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b SIMMONS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Case management; Elderly; Goal attainment scaling; Home care; Instrumental activities of daily living; Performance based service planning; Quality of circumstance; Quality of life; Service outcomes

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CASE MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOMEMAKER SERVICES; HUMANS; MASSACHUSETTS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0034571959     PISSN: 01621424     EISSN: 15450856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J027v18n04_01     Document Type: Article

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