A nursing home in Arab-Israeli society: Targeting utilization in a changing social and economic environment

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 152-157

  Suleiman, Khalid ^a,b   Walter Ginzburg, Adrian ^a,c  

^a Dabouriya Home for the Aged ^*  (Israel)

^b HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arab Israeli; Institutionalization; Israel; Modernization; Nursing home; Status of elderly; Status of women; Utilization

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARAB; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABLED PERSON; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; ELDERLY CARE; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ARABS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; NURSING HOMES; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CONDITIONS;

EID: 14544299703     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53026.x     Document Type: Article

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