JAMDA
Volume 10, Issue 6 , Pages 419-422 , July 2009

Nursing Home Policies on Items Brought in From the Outside for Facility Residents

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 The survey that serves as the basis for this report was conducted with the assistance of National Association Directors of Nursing Administration/Long-Term Care (NADONA/LTC). The authors have no conflict of interest when it comes to the material presented in this manuscript. The research was solely funded through the Institute for Geriatric Studies at the Mayes College of Healthcare Business & Policy at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia.

PII: S1525-8610(09)00096-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2009.03.003

JAMDA
Volume 10, Issue 6 , Pages 419-422 , July 2009

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