Open AccessProfiling disability within nursing homes: a census-based approach
Author(s) -
M. Falconer,
Desmond O’Neill
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
age and ageing
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1468-2834
pISSN - 0002-0729
DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afl185
Subject(s) - census , medicine , gerontology , nursing homes , population , activities of daily living , nursing , environmental health , psychiatry
a significant minority of older people live in residential care. While disability is often a major contributory factor, it may not be measured or managed adequately by health and social services. At present there is little information comparing levels of disability within nursing homes and the community, and no mechanisms for monitoring changes in this disability ratio longitudinally.
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