Daily (In)Activities of Nursing Home Residents in Their Wards: An Observation Study

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 963-968

  den Ouden, Mirre ^a   Bleijlevens, Michel H C ^a   Meijers, Judith M M ^a   Zwakhalen, Sandra M G ^a   Braun, Susy M ^a,b   Tan, Frans E S ^a   Hamers, Jan P H ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ZUYD UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Aged; Inactivity; Nursing home; Observation; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DRINKING; EATING; HUMAN; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SITTING; SLEEP; TELEVISION VIEWING; FEMALE; LEISURE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NURSING HOMES;

EID: 84947864629     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2015.05.016     Document Type: Article

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