House Calls: The Impact of Home-Based Care for Older Adults With Alzheimer’s and Dementia

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 547-558

  Wilson, Kasey ^a   Bachman, Sara S ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer s; dementia; home and community based services; home based care; house calls; older adults

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COST; DEMENTIA; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOME CARE; HOSPICE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SOCIAL WORK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPICES; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84937206066     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00981389.2015.1045576     Document Type: Article

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