Hospital to home: A transition program for frail older adults

Professional Case Management

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 117-123

  Watkins, Lynn ^a   Hall, Carol ^a   Kring, Daria ^a  

^a FORSYTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

care transitions; discharge planning; frail older adults; hospital case management, over 65

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK; SOCIAL WORK; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH TRANSITION; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK; SOCIAL WORK; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84859785957     PISSN: 15297764     EISSN: 15390675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCM.0b013e318243d6a7     Document Type: Article

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