Should dehydration in older people be a marker of lack of quality in long term care provision?

Quality in Ageing and Older Adults

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 232-236

  Hooper, Lee ^a   Bunn, Diane K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care homes; Dehydration; Drinking; Hydration; Long term care; Older adults; Policy; Residential care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920034111     PISSN: 14717794     EISSN: 20428766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/QAOA-09-2014-0019     Document Type: Article

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