Quality of Medical Care in British Care Homes

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 223-225

  Chillala, Jay ^a   Sinclair, Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

geriatric syndromes; institutionalized elderly; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DECUBITUS; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELDERLY CARE; EMPOWERMENT; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GERIATRIC CARE; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOLISTIC CARE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HYDRATION; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NURSING HOME; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; POPULATION GROWTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SEX RATIO; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED KINGDOM; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 67349111695     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2009.01.001     Document Type: Article

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