Impact of informal care levels on discontinuation of living at home in community-dwelling dependent elderly using various community-based services

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 127-132

  Kuzuya, Masafumi ^a   Hasegawa, Jun ^a   Hirakawa, Yoshihisa ^a   Enoki, Hiromi ^a   Izawa, Sachiko ^a   Hirose, Takahisa ^a   Iguchi, Akihisa ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b AICHI SHUKUTOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Caregiver; Hospitalization; Informal care; Living at home; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY LIVING; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABLED PERSON; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CAREGIVERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DISABLED PERSONS; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOME NURSING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 79551599784     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2010.02.016     Document Type: Article

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