Admissions to skilled nursing facilities from assisted living facilities

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 16-25

  Aud, Myra A ^a   Rantz, Marilyn J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Assisted living; Dementia; Minimum Data Set; Older adults; Skilled nursing facilities

Indexed keywords

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

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING HOME;

EID: 12444275601     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001786-200501000-00005     Document Type: Article

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