Predicting the need of formal care in Taiwan: Analysis of a national random sample

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 298-302

  Tsai, Alan Chung Hong ^a,b   Lai, Tsai Man ^a  

^a ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Care arrangement; Cognitive impairment; Functional disability; Geriatric care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FOREIGN WORKER; FORMAL CARE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; TAIWAN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CAREGIVERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TAIWAN;

EID: 80051664486     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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