Home modification assessments: Clinical utility and treatment context

Physical and Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 396-409

  Weeks, Ashley Lynn ^a   Lamb, Beth Ahlquist ^b   Pickens, Noralyn Davel ^c  

^a Theraplay Associates   (United States)

^b Grace Presbyterian Village   (United States)

^c TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; home modification; Home safety evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650772917     PISSN: 02703181     EISSN: 15413152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02703180903528405     Document Type: Article

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