A randomised controlled trial of the Home Independence Program, an Australian restorative home-care programme for older adults

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 69-78

  Lewin, Gill ^a,b   De San Miguel, Kristen ^b   Knuiman, Matthew ^c   Alan, Janine ^a   Boldy, Duncan ^a,d   Hendrie, Delia ^a,c   Vandermeulen, Suzanne ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Silver Chain   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Home care; Randomised controlled trial; Restorative

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MALE; ODDS RATIO;

EID: 84870658056     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2012.01088.x     Document Type: Article

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