Satisfaction related to wheelchair use in older adults in both nursing homes and community dwelling

Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 337-343

  Karmarkar, Amol M ^a,b   Collins, Diane M ^a,b   Kelleher, Annmarie ^a,b   Cooper, Rory A ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Older adults; Satisfaction; Wheelchairs

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; WHEELCHAIR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 70649103097     PISSN: 17483107     EISSN: 17483115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17483100903038543     Document Type: Article

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