Hip fracture rehabilitation in persons with dementia: How much should we invest?

Annals of Long-Term Care

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 19-21

  Davis, Elliot ^a   Biddison, James ^b   Cohen Mansfield, Jiska ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b Hebrew Home of Greater Washington   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BONE REMODELING; CASE REPORT; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN;

EID: 33947229310     PISSN: 15247929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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