Problems of older adults living alone after hospitalization
- 1 September 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of General Internal Medicine
- Vol. 15 (9) , 611-619
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1525-1497.2000.06139.x
Abstract
OBJECTIVE:To describe functional deficits among older adults living alone and receiving home nursing following medical hospitalization, and the association of living alone with lack of functional...Keywords
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