Institutional care for elderly people in North and West Belfast. A decade of change from 1989-1999

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 38-42

  Beringer, Timothy R O ^a   Crawford, Vivienne L S ^b   Montgomery, Anne ^c   Gilmore, David H ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dependency; Elderly; Institutional care; Long term hospital care; Nursing home; Private care sector

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; IRELAND; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL TEST; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSING HOME; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; RESIDENTIAL CARE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037871599     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324478     Document Type: Article

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