Strangers in strange lands: The serial transfer of individuals with severe dementia

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1804-1805

  Finucane, Thomas E ^a   Bellantoni, Michele ^a   Ouslander, Joseph G ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESUSCITATION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; PATIENT TRANSFER; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84885652684     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12483     Document Type: Editorial

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