Development of a functional status assessment of seniors visiting emergency department

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 205-212

  Veillette, Nathalie ^a,b,c   Demers, Louise ^a,b   Dutil, Élisabeth ^a,d   McCusker, Jane ^c,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^c Groupe interuniversitaire de recherche sur les urgences   (Canada)

^d CENTRE FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN REHABILITATION OF GREATER MONTREAL   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Functional status; Geriatric assessment; Scale development

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 58349093793     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2008.01.009     Document Type: Article

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