A club of friends: Enrolling nursing home residents in an adult day program

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 225-229

  Washburn, Allyson M ^a,b   Luxenberg, Jay ^b   Brod, Meryl ^c   Steinhauer, Mary ^b   Katsap, Marina ^b  

^a Goldman Institute on Aging   (United States)

^b Los Angeles Jewish Home for the Aging   (United States)

^c Lewin TAG   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities programming; Adult day care; Nursing homes; Program evaluation; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DAY CARE; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FITNESS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JEW; MENTAL HEALTH; MODEL; NURSING HOME; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RISK; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING;

EID: 0034822150     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1525-8610(04)70209-1     Document Type: Article

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