A prospective study of unmet activity of daily living needs in palliative care inpatients

Australian Occupational Therapy Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 266-272

  Jeyasingam, Lalitha ^a,b   Agar, Meera ^a,c   Soares, Michael ^b,e   Plummer, John ^d   Currow, David ^a,b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b REPATRIATION GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Western Sydney Area Health Service   (Australia)

^d FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^e SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Hospice; Needs assessment; Occupational therapy; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PALLIATIVE CARE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 56649084925     PISSN: 00450766     EISSN: 14401630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1630.2007.00705.x     Document Type: Article

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