Supporting the long-term residential care needs of older homeless people with severe alcohol-related brain injury in Australia: The wicking project

Care Management Journals

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 141-148

  Rota Bartelink, Alice ^a   Lipmann, Bryan ^b  

^a Wintringham   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alcohol related brain injury; Challenging behavior; Complex needs; Older people; Residential care model

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN INJURY; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOME FOR THE AGED; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; ALCOHOL-INDUCED DISORDERS, NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN INJURY, CHRONIC; CASE MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VICTORIA;

EID: 35348908953     PISSN: 15210987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/152109807781753763     Document Type: Article

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