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Factors associated with institutionalization of older people in Canada
— testing a multifactorial definition of frailty | | Author(s) | Kenneth Rockwood, Paul Stolee, Ian McDowell |
| Journal title | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 44, no 5, May 1996 |
| Pages | pp 578-582 |
| Keywords | Health [elderly] ; Self care capacity ; Admission [nursing homes] ; Canada. |
| Annotation | Reports on a study which tested a model of frailty by examining factors associated with nursing home admission of older people in Canada. Concludes that frailty is a multidimensional constraint and does not simply mean dependence in activities of daily living. |
| Accession Number | CPA-960617037 A |
| Classmark | CC: CA: LHB:QKH: 7S |
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