Orientation towards living in an old age home: An instrument to predict use of an old age home

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 353-359

  Haken, Liesbeth M ^a   Steverink, Nardi ^b   Van den Heuvel, Wim J A ^a,c   Lindenberg, Siegwart M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assessment methods; Institutionalization; Orientation scale; Physically frail elderly

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREDICTION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOMES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 18744395470     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-6712.2002.00092.x     Document Type: Article

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