Rehabilitation of the elderly: 1--Settings and services.
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چکیده
A man who insisted on having his hat taken off by the staff of his residential home after hours at the day hospital doing things for himself illustrates one of the challenges of geriatric rehabilitation: someone may be encouraged to do more than he or she normally does, but this may be no use unless rehabilitation takes account of the person's actual life, and relatives and care givers are involved as well.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- British medical journal
دوره 290 6466 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1985