Comprehensive geriatric functional analysis of elderly populations in four categories of the long-term care insurance system in a rural, depopulated and aging town in Japan

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 63-69

  Chen, Wenling ^a   Fukutomi, Eriko ^a   Wada, Taizo ^a   Ishimoto, Yasuko ^a   Kimura, Yumi ^a   Kasahara, Yoriko ^a   Sakamoto, Ryota ^b   Okumiya, Kiyohito ^b   Matsubayashi, Kozo ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Long term care insurance system; Quality of life; Specified elderly; Support or care level elderly; Uncertified elderly

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CERTIFICATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ELDERLY CARE; EXERCISE; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; FRACTURE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LONG TERM CARE; LONG TERM CARE INSURANCE SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHROPATHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; RURAL AREA;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INSURANCE, LONG-TERM CARE; JAPAN; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84871968526     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2012.00859.x     Document Type: Article

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