Dehydration reduction in community-dwelling older adults: Perspectives of community health care providers

Research in Gerontological Nursing

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-57

  Abdallah, Lisa ^a   Remington, Ruth ^a   Houde, Susan ^a   Zhan, Lin ^b   Melillo, Karen Devereaux ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COST OF ILLNESS; DEHYDRATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COST OF ILLNESS; DEHYDRATION; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MASSACHUSETTS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR;

EID: 75749103000     PISSN: 19404921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/19404921-20090101-01     Document Type: Article

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