Improving nursing home quality assessment: Capturing the voice of cognitively impaired elders

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 238-239

  Schnelle, John F ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; NURSING HOME; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WALKING;

EID: 0037338647     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/58.3.m238     Document Type: Editorial

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