Health Contract Calendars
Open Access
- 1 April 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Gerontologist
- Vol. 40 (2) , 235-239
- https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/40.2.235
Abstract
A modification of the health contract technique was applied by 4 geriatric fellows from the Center on Aging, University of Texas Medical Branch, and 3 family medicine residents from the Department of Family Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, to a diverse group of 48 older adults. The innovation, a calendar component to the health contract, allowed for the calculation of specific success rates. Fifteen clients had a 100% success rate, and 21 were highly successful, 8 not too successful, and 4 unsuccessful.Keywords
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