Occupational therapy home assessments: Supporting community living through client-centered practice

Occupational Therapy in Mental Health

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-17

  Horowitz, Beverly P ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging in place; Client centered practice; Disability; Frail elders; Functional impairments

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMMUNITY CARE; COUNSELING; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOME CARE; HOUSING; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUPPORT GROUP; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036398757     PISSN: 0164212X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J004v18n01_01     Document Type: Article

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