Health risk appraisal in older people 1: Are older people living alone an 'at-risk' group?

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 57, Issue 537, 2007, Pages 271-276

  Kharicha, Kalpa ^a   Iliffe, Steve ^a   Harari, Danielle ^b   Swift, Cameron ^c   Gillmann, Gerhard ^d   Stuck, Andreas E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Elderly; Risk; Service use

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTHRITIS; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY LIVING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FALLING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENDER BIAS; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC NUTRITION; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEMORY DISORDER; MOOD DISORDER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL DISORDER; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MALE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 34047212249     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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