Outcomes of community-based social service interventions in homebound elders

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 427-432

  Charlson, Mary E ^a,f   Peterson, Janey C ^a   Syat, Beth L ^b   Briggs, William M ^c   Kline, Robin ^d   Dodd, Mary ^e   Murad, Velda ^e   Dionne, William ^e  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Boston Health Economics Inc   (United States)

^c CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Columbia Law School ^*  (United States)

^e Burden Center for the Aging   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Frail elderly; Homebound persons; Social welfare

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIURETIC AGENT; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HORMONE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; HYPNOTIC AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; NITRATE; SEDATIVE AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN; WARFARIN;

ADL DISABILITY; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOMEBOUND PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; NEOPLASM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MOBILITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PREDICTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL STRESS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIAL WORK; STROKE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOMEBOUND PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 42449114532     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1898     Document Type: Article

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