Operationalizing frailty among older residents of assisted living facilities

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Freiheit, Elizabeth A ^a   Hogan, David B ^a,b   Strain, Laurel A ^c   Schmaltz, Heidi N ^b   Patten, Scott B ^a   Eliasziw, Misha ^a   Maxwell, Colleen J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORECASTING; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBERTA; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORECASTING; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 79955823645     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-11-23     Document Type: Article

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