Cognitive impairment and medication self-management errors in older adults discharged home from a community hospital

Home Healthcare Nurse

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 246-254

  Hain, Debra J ^a   Tappen, Ruth ^a   Diaz, Sanya ^a   Ouslander, Joseph G ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PILOT STUDY; PRESCRIPTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CARE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE'S ROLE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PILOT PROJECTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF ADMINISTRATION; SELF CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859347610     PISSN: 0884741X     EISSN: 15390713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NHH.0b013e31824c28bd     Document Type: Article

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