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Perpetuating harms from isolation among older adults with cognitive impairment: observed discrepancies in homecare service documentation, assessment and approval practices

BACKGROUND: Older persons with cognitive impairment (CI) risk social isolation. Strong evidence shows that perceived loneliness, or inadequate social networks, triggers and increases health problems. How homecare systems address social participation remains unknown; anecdotal data suggests there are...

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Autores principales: Nilsson, Ingeborg, Luborsky, Mark, Rosenberg, Lena, Sandberg, Linda, Boström, Anne-Marie, Borell, Lena
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6195998/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30342514
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-018-3616-6