International comparison of long-term care resident dependency across four countries (1998-2009): A descriptive study

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 233-240

  Boyd, Michal ^a,b   Bowman, Clive ^c   Broad, Joanna B ^a,b   Connolly, Martin J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b WAITEMATA DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

^c BUPA Care Services   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dependency; Functional assessment; Long term care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPAIN; STANDARD; STATISTICS; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN;

EID: 84871442683     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2011.00584.x     Document Type: Article

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