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Identifying common impairments in frail and dependent older people: validation of the COPE assessment for non-specialised health workers in low resource primary health care settings

BACKGROUND: Frail and dependent older people in resource-poor settings are poorly served by health systems that lack outreach capacity. The COPE (Caring for Older PEople) multidimensional assessment tool is designed to help community health workers (CHWs) identify clinically significant impairments...

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Autores principales: AT, Jotheeswaran, Dias, Amit, Philp, Ian, Beard, John, Patel, Vikram, Prince, Martin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4607017/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26467913
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-015-0121-1