Individual and institutional factors associated with functional disability in nursing home residents: An observational study with multilevel analysis.

High prevalence of functional limitations has been previously observed in nursing homes. Disability may depend not only on the characteristics of the residents but also on the facility characteristics. The aims of this study were: 1, to describe the prevalence of functional disability in older peopl...

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Main Authors: Ramón Serrano-Urrea, Virgilio Gómez-Rubio, Domingo Palacios-Ceña, César Fernández-de-Las-Peñas, María José García-Meseguer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5573540?pdf=render