Health care and social needs of the elderly: Assessed by the tool Camberwell Assessment of need for the elderly

International Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 97-99

  Ashokkumar, T ^a   Chacko, Thomas V ^b   Munuswamy, Suresh ^c  

^a TN Dr MGR Medical University   (India)

^b PSG INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES AND RESEARCH   (India)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

CANE; Day time; Elderly people; India; Services; Unmet needs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SOCIAL WELFARE; TOOL CAMBERWELL ASSESSMENT OF NEED FOR THE ELDERLY;

EID: 80054031029     PISSN: 18163319     EISSN: 1818779X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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