Use of restraints in long-term residential care facilities in Hong Kong SAR, China: Predisposing factors and comparison with other countries [2]

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 921-

  Woo, Jean ^a,b   Hui, Elsie ^a   Chan, Felix ^c,d   Chi, Iris ^e   Sham, April ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Fung Yiu King Hospital   (Hong Kong)

^d Department of Medicine ^*

^e UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; BALANCE DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NURSING HOME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SAFETY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; HONG KONG; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; LONG-TERM CARE; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL;

EID: 5644280013     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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