The specificity of geriatric rehabilitation: Myth or reality? A debate from an Italian perspective

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Bellelli, Giuseppe ^a,b   Bernardini, Bruno ^c   Trabucchi, Marco ^d  

^a SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b GERIATRIC RESEARCH GROUP   (Italy)

^c HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; APATHY; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; EDITORIAL; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC REHABILITATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; ITALY; LONG TERM CARE; NUTRITION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMORBID HEALTH STATUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 84856101433     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2011.07.007     Document Type: Editorial

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