The course of functional impairment in older homeless adults: Disabled on the street

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1237-1239

  Cimino, Theora ^a   Steinman, Michael A ^b   Mitchell, Susan L ^c,d   Miao, Yinghui ^b   Bharel, Monica ^e,f,g   Barnhart, Caroline E ^b   Brown, Rebecca T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Hebrew SeniorLife Institute for Aging Research   (United States)

^e BOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM   (United States)

^f BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; BATH; CAUCASIAN; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CHILD REARING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DISABLED PERSON; DRUG USE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HISPANIC; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SELF CARE; SUBSTANCE USE; UNITED STATES; URINE INCONTINENCE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; AGED; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; BOSTON; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84937501312     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.1562     Document Type: Letter

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