Challenges for home health care providers: A needs assessment

Physical and Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-22

  McBride, Sara E ^a   Beer, Jenay M ^a   Mitzner, Tracy L ^a   Rogers, Wendy A ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

home health care; human factors; Needs assessment; technology interventions

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952268428     PISSN: 02703181     EISSN: 15413152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02703181.2011.552170     Document Type: Article

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