Targeting frail older adults for outpatient comprehensive geriatric assessment and management services: An overview of concepts and criteria

Reviews in Clinical Gerontology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 82-92

  Aminzadeh, Faranak ^a,c   Dalziel, William B ^a   Molnar, Frank J ^b  

^a Regional Geriatric Assessment Program of Ottawa   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c Geriatric Outreach Team   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ELDERLY CARE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; OUTPATIENT CARE; REVIEW; SCREENING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0036479032     PISSN: 09592598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959259802121101     Document Type: Review

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