After rehabilitation: An 18-month follow-up of elderly inner-city women

American Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 298-306

  Lysack, Catherine L ^a,b   Neufeld, Stewart ^a   Mast, Benjamin T ^c   MacNeill, Susan E ^d   Lichtenberg, Peter A ^e  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^d HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^e WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Aged; Community occupational therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATH ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PREDICTION; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SKILL; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TELEPHONE; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN RELATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REHABILITATION CENTER; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; URBAN POPULATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT DISCHARGE; REHABILITATION CENTERS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0041419628     PISSN: 02729490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5014/ajot.57.3.298     Document Type: Review

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