Ability of hospitalized older adults to use their call bell: A pilot study in a tertiary care teaching hospital

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 390-393

  Duffy, Susan ^a   Mallery, Laurie ^b,c   Gordon, Janet ^b   Carver, Daniel ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Call bell; Dementia; Elderly; Functional impairment; Hospital

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALARM MONITORING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PILOT STUDY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; ARTICLE; BED; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; NURSING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; VISUAL DISORDER; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEDS; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; NURSING SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 33644840868     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324628     Document Type: Conference Paper

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