Testing Nursing Home Iatrogenesis.

Retsinas, Joan; Garrity, Patricia

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ERIC Number: EJ369965

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Publication Date: 1988

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Testing Nursing Home Iatrogenesis.

Retsinas, Joan; Garrity, Patricia

International Journal of Aging and Human Development, v26 n1 p59-69 1988

Studied 79 nursing home residents who were expected to return to community. Only 16 percent of subjects did not return to community: two chose to remain in nursing home, four had no willing family caregivers, and two quickly deteriorated. Results did not support notion of iatrogenesis. (Author/NB)

Descriptors: Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Institutionalized Persons, Mental Health, Nursing Homes, Physical Health, Termination of Treatment

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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