Mobility support for older people with dementia in Japan: Financial resources are an issue but not the deciding factor for municipalities

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2388-2390

  Mizuno, Yoko ^a   Kumamoto, Keigo ^a   Arai, Asuna ^a   Arai, Yumiko ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMENTIA; ELDERLY CARE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LETTER; PATIENT TRANSPORT;

AGED; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; JAPAN; MOBILITY LIMITATION; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84055183513     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03695.x     Document Type: Letter

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