One last pleasure? Alcohol use among elderly people in nursing homes

Health and Social Work

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 193-203

  Klein, Waldo C ^a   Jess, Carol ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF LIVING   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Elderly people; Policy; Prevention; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INTERVIEW; MALE; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL WORK; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTERVIEWS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036674841     PISSN: 03607283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hsw/27.3.193     Document Type: Article

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