Variation in response to a home intervention to support daily function by age, race, sex, and education

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 745-750

  Gitlin, Laura N ^a   Winter, Laraine ^a   Dennis, Marie P ^a   Hauck, Walter W ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Sycamore Consulting LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability; Frailty; Home modification

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FALLING; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MUSCLE TRAINING; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELDERLY CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 51449109005     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/63.7.745     Document Type: Article

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