Functional Decline in Hospitalized Older Adults: Can Nursing Make a Difference?

Geriatric Nursing

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 272-279

  Boltz, Marie ^a   Resnick, Barbara ^b   Capezuti, Elizabeth ^a   Shuluk, Joseph ^a   Secic, Michelle ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^c Secic Statistical Consulting Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84864370068     PISSN: 01974572     EISSN: 15283984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2012.01.008     Document Type: Article

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