Underutilization of environmental adaptations for bathing in community-living older persons

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1497-1503

  Naik, Aanand D ^a,b,c   Gill, Thomas M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Adaptive devices; Bathing; Disability; Geriatric epidemiology

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABLED PERSON; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HOUSING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BATHS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 27744549954     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53458.x     Document Type: Article

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