'I feel so much safer': Unravelling community equipment outcomes

British Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 499-506

  Sainty, Mandy ^a   Lambkin, Christopher ^a   Maile, Louise ^b  

^a WESTMINSTER CITY COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b Joint Commissioning Team for Older and Disabled People   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community equipment; Health and wellbeing outcomes; Reablement

Indexed keywords

EID: 77249096483     PISSN: 03080226     EISSN: 14776006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4276/030802209X12577616538717     Document Type: Article

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