Rehabilitation and older people

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 177, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 387-391

  Cameron, Ian D ^a,b   Kurrle, Susan E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b New South Wales Institute of Sport   (Australia)

^c HORNSBY KU RING GAI HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; COGNITION; COMMUNITY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; DISABILITY; ELDERLY CARE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PATIENT MOBILITY; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; REHABILITATION CENTER; REVIEW; SELF CARE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STROKE; TEAMWORK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DISABLED PERSON; ECONOMICS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; MEMORY DISORDER; REHABILITATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AUSTRALIA; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MEMORY DISORDERS; REHABILITATION;

EID: 0037037306     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2002.tb04847.x     Document Type: Review

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