Functional independence of residents in urban and rural long-term care facilities in Taiwan

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 176-181

  Lin, Kwan Hwa ^a   Wu, Shiao Chi ^b   Hsiung, Chia Ling ^c   Hu, Ming Hsia ^a   Hsieh, Ching Lin ^a   Lin, Jau Hong ^d   Kuo, Mei Ying ^e  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Carelife Consulting Inc   (Taiwan)

^d KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NURSING HOME; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RESIDENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL WELFARE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TAIWAN; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; NURSING HOMES; RURAL POPULATION; TAIWAN; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 1242296016     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280310001639687     Document Type: Article

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