A trial of a comprehensive nursing rehabilitation program for nursing home residents post-hospitalization

Research in Gerontological Nursing

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 12-19

  Grando, Victoria T ^a   Buckwalter, Kathleen C ^b   Maas, Meridean L ^b   Brown, Marybeth ^c   Rantz, Marilyn J ^c   Conn, Vicki S ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERCARE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MODEL; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PILOT STUDY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AFTERCARE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 75749141730     PISSN: 19404921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/19404921-20090101-06     Document Type: Article

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