Visual functioning in nursing home residents: Information in client records

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 13-14, 2012, Pages 1913-1921

  Sinoo, Marianne M ^a   Kort, Helianthe S M ^a,b   Duijnstee, Mia S H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Daily care; Health care records; Low vision; Older adults; Optometric assessment; Senior lodgements

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL DISORDER;

HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MEDICAL RECORDS; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOMES; VISION, LOW;

EID: 84862237347     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2012.04128.x     Document Type: Article

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