Preventive home visits and health – experiences among very old people
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Preventive home visits and health – experiences among very old people
BACKGROUND As more people reach older age, there is a growing interest in improving old person's health, activity, independence and social participation, thereby adding quality to the extended years. Preventive home visits (PHV) programs for old people have received much attention in recent decades. A large body of research shows mixed effects, and argues that a home visit is a complex social p...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Public Health
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1471-2458
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-378