JAMDA
Volume 10, Issue 7 , Pages 478-485 , September 2009

Aging in Hong Kong: The Institutional Population

  • Jean Woo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Jean Woo, Professor, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 9/F, Clinical Sciences Building, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, NT Hong Kong.
    • ,
  • Patsy P.H. Chau, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Social Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

References 

  1. Chau PH, Woo J. How well are seniors in Hong Kong doing? An international comparison. Hong Kong: The Hong Kong Jockey Club; 2008;
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  3. Needleman J, Buerhaus P, Mattke S, et al. Nurse staffing levels and the quality of care in hospitals. N Engl J Med. 2002;346:1715–1722
  4. Mueller C. Quality care in nursing homes: When the resources aren't there. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2002;50:1458–1460
  5. Woo J, Chi I, Hui E, et al. Low staff level is associated with malnutrition in long term residential care homes. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2005;59:474–479
  6. Woo J, Ho SC, Lau J, Yuen YK. Age and marital status are major factors associated with institutionalisation in elderly Hong Kong Chinese. J Epidemiol Community Health. 1994;48:306–309
  7. Hui E, Wong EMC, Woo J. Assessing life expectancies of institutionalized older persons in Hong Kong. Gerontol. 2004;50:165–170

 The authors have no conflicts of interest.

PII: S1525-8610(09)00062-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2009.01.009

JAMDA
Volume 10, Issue 7 , Pages 478-485 , September 2009

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