Pre-discharge home visits with older people: Time to review practice

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 146-154

  Mountain, Gail ^a   Pighills, Alison ^b  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DH Res Capacity Devmt Programme   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hospital discharge; Occupational therapy; Older people; Pre discharge visits

Indexed keywords

AGED; ELDERLY CARE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVIEW; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOME CARE SERVICES, HOSPITAL-BASED; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0642307414     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2524.2003.00413.x     Document Type: Review

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