Home-based comprehensive assessment of rural elderly persons: The CARE project

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 322-328

  Cravens, David D ^a   Mehr, David R ^a   Campbell, James D ^a   Armer, Jane ^b   Kruse, Robin L ^a   Rubenstein, Laurence Z ^c  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CAREGIVER; COGNITION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GAIT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERIATRIC CARE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RURAL AREA; SAFETY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK; STRESS; TELECOMMUNICATION; VACCINATION; VISION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 25144433396     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2005.tb00102.x     Document Type: Article

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