Geriatrics & gerontology international
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Geriatr Gerontol Int · Apr 2015
Home death is associated with frequency of physician home medical care visits: a questionnaire survey on communications in home medical care settings.
To investigate the factors related to communications in home medical care settings, and the association between such factors and a patient's place of death. ⋯ The frequency of doctor home-visits was the only factor identified that was positively associated with the occurrence of home death in home medical care settings.
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Geriatr Gerontol Int · Apr 2015
Self-rated health and associated factors among older people living alone in Shanghai.
Self-rated health is a reliable and important health measure related to older people's mortality and quality of life. Few studies regarding the self-rated health of older people living alone have been carried out in Mainland China. The present study aimed to investigate the self-rated health of older people living alone in Shanghai and its associated factors. ⋯ Identifying factors associated with the self-rated health of older people living alone could inform the delivery of appropriate health and social care interventions to promote older people's health.