Nursing home care: Part II. Clinical aspects

American Family Physician

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1229-1237

  Unwin, Brian K ^a   Porvaznik, Mary ^a   Spoelhof, Gerard David ^b  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; DECUBITUS; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FALLING; FEEDING APPARATUS; FRAIL ELDERLY; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE INCONTINENCE; URINE RETENTION; WEIGHT REDUCTION; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CROSS INFECTION; EXERCISE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PAIN; REVIEW; STANDARD;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CROSS INFECTION; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; NUTRITION DISORDERS; PAIN; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; URINARY INCONTINENCE; URINARY RETENTION;

EID: 77953386565     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 0002838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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