Long-term effect on mortality of a home intervention that reduces functional difficulties in older adults: Results from a randomized trial

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 476-481

  Gitlin, Laura N ^a   Hauck, Walter W ^b   Dennis, Marie P ^a   Winter, Laraine ^a   Hodgson, Nancy ^a   Schinfeld, Sandy ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Sycamore Consulting LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Frailty; Home care; Occupational therapy; Physical therapy; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FALLING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GERIATRIC CARE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL TIME; URBAN POPULATION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 61449263637     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.02147.x     Document Type: Article

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