A non-randomised controlled trial of the Home Independence Program (HIP): An Australian restorative programme for older home-care clients

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 91-99

  Lewin, Gill ^a,b   Vandermeulen, Suzanne ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Silver Chain   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Home care; Intervention research; Service evaluation

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 73149102044     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2009.00878.x     Document Type: Article

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