title: [Nursing practice in nursing homes].
abstract: This article launches a new section devoted to care homes for dependent elderly people (EHPAD). Created in 2001, these homes accommodate around 685 000 people. They must be more and more medicalised to meet the needs of an increasingly dependent population. This first article provides an overview of this form of accommodation.
authors: Cadre de santé, Fondation caisses d'épargne pour la solidarité, Paris, France. philippe.muller@fces.fr
authors: Philippe
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authors: Muller
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005602:France; D005851:Geriatric Nursing; D006801:Humans; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*