Residential facilities for older people in Italy: A five-region survey

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 132-138

  de Girolamo, Giovanni ^a,b   Tempestini, Antonella ^c   Cavrini, Giulia ^c   Scocco, Paolo ^d,q   Argentino, Paola ^e   Federici, Stefano ^f,p   Putzu, Paolo ^g   Zappia, Mario ^h   Morosini, Pierluigi ^b   Cascavilla, Isabella ^b   Azzarito, Caterina ⁱ   Brancati, Giacomo ⁱ   Spalletta, Gianfranco ^k,r   Calvaruso, Anna ^k,l   Lucidi, Fabio ^j,t   Pasini, Augusto ^l,s   Zappia, M ^m   Colao, R ^m   Torchia, G ^m   Putzu, P ⁿ   Arauyo, Y ⁿ   Malgarise, M ⁿ   Argentino, P ^o   Bonomo, S ^o   Costanzo, S ^o   Messina, S ^o   Bonanni, C ^p   Camilli, I ^p   Cuccarini, I ^p   De Biasi, F ^q   Rapattoni, M ^q   Fantoni, G ^q   Galuppo, M ^q   Sgadari, A ^r   Caltagirone, C ^s   more..

^a ASL Bologna   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d ASL   (Italy)

^e ASL   (Italy)

^f ASL 4   (Italy)

^g Geriatrics Division   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

ⁱ Calabria Region   (Italy)

^j IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^k Labos Foundation   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^m Unitá Operativa U O Calabria   (Italy)

ⁿ UO Sardinia   (Italy)

^o UO Sicily   (Italy)

^p UO Umbria   (Italy)

^q UO Veneto   (Italy)

^r UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^s UO Foundation Santa Lucia   (Italy)

^t UO University of Tor Vergata ^*

more..

Author keywords

Nursing homes; Residential facilities; Staff composition

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BED; DEMENTIA; ELDERLY CARE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANAGER; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; NURSING HOME; RESIDENTIAL HOME; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

EID: 34249080339     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324679     Document Type: Article

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