Residential and nursing homes: How can they meet the challenge of an aging population?

Aging Health

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 877-887

  Szczepura, Ala ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

geriatric nursing; hospital admissions; long term residential care; medication; nursing home; older people; professional; quality improvement; telecare; telecommunication in medicine

Indexed keywords

AGING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMMUNITY CARE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING CARE; NURSING HOME; ONLINE MONITORING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; SOCIAL CARE; TELEMONITORING; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 81855228881     PISSN: 1745509X     EISSN: 17455103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/ahe.11.79     Document Type: Review

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