Strategies Used by Home Health Nurses to Assess the Mental Status of Homebound Elders
- 1 September 1994
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Community Health Nursing
- Vol. 11 (3) , 129-138
- https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327655jchn1103_1
Abstract
Home health nursing practice requires the ability to accurately assess elderly clients and, based on this assessment, arrange for needed home care services. Accurate evaluation of a homebound elder...Keywords
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