Informal caregiver involvement and illness detection among cognitively impaired nursing home residents

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 970-974

  Port, Cynthia Lindman ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748775497     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/61.9.970     Document Type: Article

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