JAMDA
Volume 9, Issue 5 , Pages 337-341 , June 2008

Case Management, Preventive Strategies, and Caregiver Attitudes Among Older Adults in Home Care: Results of The ADHOC Study

  • Graziano Onder, MD, PhD
    • ,
  • Rosa Liperoti, MD, MPH
    • ,
  • Roberto Bernabei, MD
    • ,
  • Francesco Landi, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Francesco Landi, MD, PhD, Centro Medicina dell'Invecchiamento (CEMI), Istituto di Medicina Interna e Geriatria, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, L.go A. Gemelli 8, 00168 Roma, Italy.

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 The ADHOC project was funded by a grant from the Fifth Framework Programme on “Quality of Life and Management of Living Resources” of the European Union. None of the authors have any financial interests related to this article. None have conflicts of interest, financial arrangements, or consultantships with a company whose product is associated with the submitted manuscript.

PII: S1525-8610(08)00074-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2008.02.002

JAMDA
Volume 9, Issue 5 , Pages 337-341 , June 2008

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