Health, social and lifestyle factors in entry to residential aged care: An Australian longitudinal analysis

Age and Ageing

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 342-349

  Kendig, Hal ^a   Browning, Colette ^b   Pedlow, Robert ^c   Wells, Yvonne ^d   Thomas, Shane ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Safe Work Australia   (Australia)

^d LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Elderly; Gender; Health; Lifestyles; Prospective studies; Residential facilities

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNDERWEIGHT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77951890951     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afq016     Document Type: Article

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