Getting by in the community: Lessons from frail elders

Journal of Aging and Social Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-44

  Long, Sharon K ^a   Liu, Korbin ^a   Black, Kirsten ^a   O'Keeffe, Janet ^b   Molony, Sheila ^c  

^a URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c Care Management Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly persons; Home and community based care; Long term care; Medicaid

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; ELDERLY CARE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABLED PERSON; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONNECTICUT; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NURSING HOMES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 17244370815     PISSN: 08959420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J031v17n01_02     Document Type: Article

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