Frailty in nursing homes: The FRAIL-NH scale

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 87-89

  Kaehr, Ellen ^a   Visvanathan, Renuka ^b   Malmstrom, Theodore K ^a   Morley, John E ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DETERIORATION; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY CARE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FRAIL NH SCALE; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; GERIATRIC NUTRITION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PATIENT MOBILITY; SCREENING TEST; WEIGHT REDUCTION; AGED; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84921646143     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2014.12.002     Document Type: Editorial

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