Using telerehabilitation to support elders with chronic illness in their homes

Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-51

  Bendixen, Roxanna M ^a,b   Horn, Kathleen ^a   Levy, Charles ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Care coordination; Chronic illness; Disability; Monitoring; Rehabilitation; Telerehabilitation; Veterans

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS COMMUNICATION; REHABILITATION CENTER; TELEMEDICINE; TELEREHABILITATION;

EID: 33846945387     PISSN: 08827524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00013614-200701000-00007     Document Type: Article

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