Out of sight, out of mind? A review of data available on the health of care home residents in longitudinal and nationally representative cross-sectional studies in the UK and Ireland

Age and Ageing

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 798-803

  Moore, Danielle Collingridge ^a   Hanratty, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GERIATRICS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; IRELAND; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM; WELLBEING;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NURSING HOME; OLDER PEOPLE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; IRELAND; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NURSING HOMES; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84887124662     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/aft125     Document Type: Article

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