The Effectiveness of the Around-the-Clock In-Home Care System: Did It Prevent the Institutionalization of Frail Elderly?

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 13-24

  Murashima, Sachiyo ^a,c   Asahara, Kiyomi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Around the clock in home care (ACC); Elderly; Evaluation; Home care; Institutionalization; Japan

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; JAPAN; NURSING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOME HEALTH AIDES; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; JAPAN; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGRAM EVALUATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037209053     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1446.2003.20103.x     Document Type: Article

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