Residents with Alzheimer's disease in long-term care facilities in Hong Kong: Patterns of hospitalization and emergency room use

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 959-965

  Leung, Angela Y M ^a,b   Kwan, C W ^b   Chi, Iris ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Emergency room; Hong Kong; Hospitalization; Long term care facilities

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HONG KONG; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYPHARMACY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; POLYPHARMACY; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84887436048     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2013.768211     Document Type: Article

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