Elderly inner city women who return home to live alone

Occupational Therapy Journal of Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 59-69

  Lysack, Catherine L ^a   MacNeill, Susan E ^a   Neufeld, Stewart W ^a   Lichtenberg, Peter A ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Aged women; Living alone; Self care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CITY; COGNITION; ELDERLY CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC CARE; HOME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SELF CARE; SOCIAL ASPECT; STANDARDIZATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; URBAN POPULATION; AGING; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC REHABILITATION; HOME ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0036097622     PISSN: 02761599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153944920202200203     Document Type: Article

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