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A longitudinal study looking at and beyond care recipient health as a predictor of long term care home admission

BACKGROUND: The unpaid care provided by informal caregivers allows care recipients to live longer in their homes, which often results in fewer unnecessary long term care home (LTCH) admissions. Although the relationship between care recipient’s health characteristics and institutionalization is well...

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Autores principales: Betini, Raquel S. D., Hirdes, John P., Lero, Donna S., Cadell, Susan, Poss, Jeff, Heckman, George
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5680746/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29121916
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-017-2671-8