The value of specialist clinical assessment of older people prior to entry to care homes

Age and Ageing

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-34

  Challis, David ^a   Clarkson, Paul ^a   Williamson, Janine ^b   Hughes, Jane ^a   Venables, Dan ^a   Burns, Alistair ^a   Weinberg, Ashley ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Community care; Elderly; Nursing homes; Residential homes

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC CARE; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORBIDITY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICS; GREAT BRITAIN; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; PSYCHIATRY;

EID: 1642555554     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afh007     Document Type: Article

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