The last 2 years of life: Functional trajectories of frail older people

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 492-498

  Covinsky, Kenneth E ^a,d   Eng, Catherine ^a,b   Lui, Li Yung ^a   Sands, Laura P ^c   Yaffe, Kristine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b On Lok Senior Health Services   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Dementia; Hospice; Medicare; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BATH; CAUSE OF DEATH; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; EATING; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERMINAL CARE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0037395394     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2003.51157.x     Document Type: Article

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