Development of a proactive care program (U-CARE) to preserve physical functioning of frail older people in primary care

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 230-237

  Bleijenberg, Nienke ^a   ten Dam, Valerie H ^a   Drubbel, Irene ^a   Numans, Mattijs E ^a   de Wit, Niek J ^a   Schuurmans, Marieke J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Comprehensive geriatric assessment; Frailty; Nurse; Older people; Primary care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSIVE GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOLLOW UP; FRAIL ELDERLY; FRAILTY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMAN; NURSE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; OLDER PEOPLE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

COMPREHENSIVE GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; FRAILTY; NURSE; OLDER PEOPLE; PRIMARY CARE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PILOT PROJECTS; PRIMARY CARE NURSING; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84883452239     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: 15475069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jnu.12023     Document Type: Article

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