Home-care ’re-ablement’ services for maintaining and improving older adults’ functional independence (Protocol)
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This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows: To assess the effects of home-care ’re-ablement’ services compared to usual care, or to a wait list control group, in terms of maintaining and improving the functional independence of older adults.
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تاریخ انتشار 2016