VA nursing home residents with substance use disorders: Mental health comorbidities, functioning, and problem behaviors

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 593-602

  Lemke, Sonne ^a   Schaefer, Jeanne A ^a  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

activities of daily living; alcoholism; health status; nursing homes; substance related disorders

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSING HOME; SOCIOPATHY; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT ADMISSION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 77954454284     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860903586169     Document Type: Article

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