Well for Life: Evaluation and policy implications of a health promotion initiative for frail older people in aged care settings: Innovation in Aged Care

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 135-140

  McKenzie, Rosemary ^a   Naccarella, Lucio ^a   Thompson, Catherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Department of Human Services Victoria ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged care settings; Evaluation; Frailty; Health promotion; Policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547791392     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2007.00238.x     Document Type: Article

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