Frailty and health-related quality of life among residents of long-term care facilities

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 792-802

  Kanwar, Amrit ^a   Singh, Mandeep ^b   Lennon, Ryan ^b   Ghanta, Kalyan ^c   McNallan, Sheila M ^b   Roger, Véronique L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

assisted living facilities; frailty; long term care; nursing homes; quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FRAILTY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NURSING HOME; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES; FRAILTY; LONG-TERM CARE; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY OF LIFE; WISCONSIN;

EID: 84883422306     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: 15526887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264313493003     Document Type: Article

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