Going home: Identifying and overcoming barriers to nursing home discharge

Care Management Journals

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 2-11

  Meador, Rhoda ^a   Chen, Emily ^a   Schultz, Leslie ^a   Norton, Amanda ^b   Henderson, Charles ^a   Pillemer, Karl ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b Community Health Foundation of Central ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aging in place; Care transitions; Case management; Community care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING HOME; PROBLEM SOLVING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 79953757250     PISSN: 15210987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/1521-0987.12.1.2     Document Type: Article

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