An evaluation of the factor structure of the instrumental activities of daily living involvement and capacity scales of the minimum data set for home care for elderly Chinese community dwellers in Hong Kong

Home Health Care Services Quarterly

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 147-159

  Leung, Doris Y P ^b   Leung, Angela Y M ^a   Chi, Iris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese; Elderly community dwellers; Factor structure; Home care; IADL; MDS HC

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051821103     PISSN: 01621424     EISSN: 15450856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621424.2011.592421     Document Type: Article

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