Analyses of male residents in community nursing facilities: Comparisons of Veterans Health Administration residents to other residents

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 41, Issue 6 A, 2004, Pages 847-859

  Buchanan, Robert J ^a   Johnson, Christopher ^b   Wang, Suojin ^b   Cowper, Diane C ^b   Myung, Suk Kim ^b   Reker, Dean ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Comorbidities; Disability; Minimum Data Set; Nursing facilities; Special treatments; Therapies; Veterans

Indexed keywords

NURSING; PATIENT REHABILITATION; PHYSICAL THERAPY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS; MALE RESIDENTS; SPECIAL TREATMENTS; VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION (VHA) RESIDENTS;

HEALTH CARE;

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COGNITION; COMMUNITY CARE; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECUBITUS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; EMPHYSEMA; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSING HOME; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CODING; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RATING SCALE; SOLDIER; SPEECH THERAPY; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; GERIATRICS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 12344284767     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2003.05.0082     Document Type: Article

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