Violent crime victimization increases the risk of nursing home placement in older adults

Gerontologist

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 583-589

  Lachs, Mark ^a,b   Bachman, Ronet ^c   Williams, Christianna S ^d   Kossack, Alice ^e   Bove, Carolyn ^f   O'Leary, John R ^e  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f New Haven Police Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime victimization; Geriatric syndromes; Long term care; Nursing home placement

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRIME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING HOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLICE; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33750386062     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/46.5.583     Document Type: Article

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