Who are the residents of a nursing home in Singapore?

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 65-73

  Yap, L K P ^a   Au, S Y L ^a   Ang, Y H ^a   Kwan, K Y ^b   Ng, S C ^a   He, C H ^b  

^a ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NONE

Author keywords

ADL (Activities of Daily Living); Barthel index; ECAQ (Elderly Cognitive Assessment Questionaire); Elderly; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FEEDING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENDER; HEARING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSING HOME; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINE INCONTINENCE; VISION; WELFARE; WIDOW;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0037302468     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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