Indicators of material hardship and depressive symptoms among homebound older adults living in North Carolina

Journal of Nutrition in Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 154-168

  Johnson, Cassandra M ^a   Sharkey, Joseph R ^a   Wesley, R ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic needs; Depression; Food insecurity; Health care; Health outcomes; Home delivered meals; Housing; Material hardship; Older adults

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; DEPRESSION; DIET; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HOMEBOUND PATIENT; HUMAN; HUNGER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HOMEBOUND PERSONS; HUMANS; HUNGER; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 79959913206     PISSN: 21551197     EISSN: 21551200     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21551197.2011.566527     Document Type: Article

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