Comprehensive geriatric assessment and team intervention

Japan Medical Association Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 461-466

  Nishinaga, Masanori ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living (ADL); Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA); Elderly; Long term care insurance; Multidisciplinary approach

Indexed keywords

AGED; CAREGIVER; COMPREHENSIVE GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DIETITIAN; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; GERIATRIC NURSING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; JAPAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL CARE; NURSE; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL WORKER;

EID: 40949164303     PISSN: 13468650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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