Health status and assessed need for a cohort of older people admitted to nursing and residential homes

Age and Ageing

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 303-309

  Rothera, Ian ^a   Jones, Rob ^a   Harwood, Rowan ^a   Avery, Anthony ^a   Waite, Jonathan ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Needs; Nursing residential care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; NURSING HOME; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTRATION; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL WORK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 0038446526     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/32.3.303     Document Type: Article

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