title: Keeping the hospitalized elderly healthy. Iowa hospital's program helps prevent function decline in older patients.
authors.affiliation: North Iowa Mercy Health Center, Mason City, USA.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Halford
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006304:Health Status; D016519:Hospitals, Religious / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007484:Iowa; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D016730:Program Development; D011788:Quality of Life