Towards a measure of function for home and community care services in Australia: Part 2 - Evaluation of the screening tool and assessment instruments

Australian Journal of Primary Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 82-88

  Green, Janette ^a   Eagar, Kathy ^a   Owen, Alan ^a   Gordon, Rob ^a   Quinsey, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Assessment; Community care; Functional dependency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EVALUATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOME CARE; HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; RELIABILITY; SCREENING TEST; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 33645725695     PISSN: 14487527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PY06012     Document Type: Article

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