JAMDA
Volume 9, Issue 1 , Pages 55-64 , January 2008

Outcomes at 12 Months in a Population of Elderly Patients Discharged From a Rehabilitation Unit

  • Giuseppe Bellelli, MD

      Affiliations

    • Rehabilitation and Aged Care Unit, “Ancelle della Carità” Hospital, Cremona, Italy
    • Geriatric Research Group, Brescia, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Giuseppe Bellelli, MD, Rehabilitation and Aged Care Unit “Ancelle della Carità” Hospital, via Aselli 14, 26100 Cremona 26100, Italy.
    • ,
  • Francesca Magnifico, PsyD

      Affiliations

    • Rehabilitation and Aged Care Unit, “Ancelle della Carità” Hospital, Cremona, Italy
    • Geriatric Research Group, Brescia, Italy
    • ,
  • Marco Trabucchi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Geriatric Research Group, Brescia, Italy
    • University Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.

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 This study was supported by a grant from the ONLUS Foundation “Socialità e Ricerche,” Bergamo, Italy.

PII: S1525-8610(07)00437-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2007.09.009

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Volume 9, Issue 1 , Pages 55-64 , January 2008

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