Quality of private personal care for elderly people in Italy living at home with disabilities: Risk of nursing home placement at a 1-year follow-up

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 543-547

  Bilotta, Claudio ^a   Nicolini, Paola ^a   Vergani, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Care of elderly people; Caregiver burden; Disabilities; Hospital admission; Nursing home placement; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC NURSING; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 70350087545     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2009.00853.x     Document Type: Article

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