Evidence behind the Green House and similar models of nursing home care

Aging Health

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 717-737

  Zimmerman, Sheryl ^a   Cohen, Lauren W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

culture change; process of care; small nursing homes; structure of care

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; ELDERLY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW;

EID: 78650285957     PISSN: 1745509X     EISSN: 17455103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/ahe.10.66     Document Type: Review

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