Nurse-led implementation of the single assessment process in primary care: A descriptive feasibility study

Age and Ageing

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 394-398

  Roberts, Helen C ^a   Hemsley, Zoe M ^a   Thomas, Gwen ^b   Meakins, Philip ^b   Powell, Jackie ^a   Robison, Judy ^a   Gove, Ian ^c   Turner, Gill ^c   Sayer, Avan Aihie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Old Fire Station Surgery   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Elderly; Function; Older people; Screening

Indexed keywords

AGED; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NURSING CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; SAMPLING; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE;

EID: 33745383919     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afl008     Document Type: Review

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