A profile of residents in prairie nursing homes

Canadian Journal on Aging

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 223-231

  Estabrooks, Carole A ^a   Poss, Jeff W ^b   Squires, Janet E ^c   Teare, Gary F ^d   Morgan, Debra G ^e   Stewart, Norma ^e   Doupe, Malcolm B ^f   Cummings, Greta G ^a   Norton, Peter G ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d Health Quality Council (Saskatchewan)   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

aging; health services; long term care; nursing homes; RAI MDS; resident characteristics

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NURSING HOME; PAIN; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBERTA; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MANITOBA; NURSING HOMES; PAIN; SASKATCHEWAN; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84883669397     PISSN: 07149808     EISSN: 17101107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0714980813000287     Document Type: Article

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