Nursing Home Involuntary Relocation: Clinical Outcomes and Perceptions of Residents and Families

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 486-492

  Capezuti, Elizabeth ^a   Boltz, Marie ^a   Renz, Susan ^b   Hoffman, David ^c   Norman, Robert G ^d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RS Connection Inc   (United States)

^c Eastern District of Pennsylvania   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

falls; Nursing home; relocation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FAMILY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDICARE; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSING HOME PATIENT; ORIENTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MOBILITY; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

EID: 33749441459     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2006.02.011     Document Type: Article

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