Commentary on “nursing home residents’ sense of coherence and functional status

UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
Patricia B. Crane, Associate Professor (Creator)
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The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/

Abstract: Functional status is an important measure in older adults. Functional decline has been associated with emergency room visits in elders (Wilber, Blanda, & Gerson, 2006), and elders are at a high risk of functional decline after hospitalization (Cornett, Swine, Malhomme, Gillet, & D’Hoore, 2006). Furthermore, those with functional decline consume larger resources. Therefore, identifying those elders at risk for functional decline is important. This descriptive study examined functional status over time in older adults living in nursing homes.

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Publication
Language: English
Date: 2007
Keywords
holistic nursing, nursing, nursing home residents, nursing homes, older adults, functional status, functional decline

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