title: An international definition for "nursing home".
abstract: There is much ambiguity regarding the term "nursing home" in the international literature. The definition of a nursing home and the type of assistance provided in a nursing home is quite varied by country. The International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics and AMDA foundation developed a survey to assist with an international consensus on the definition of "nursing home."
authors.affiliation: Division of Geriatric Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO. Electronic address: lipkaa@slu.edu.
authors.forename: Angela M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Sanford
authors.affiliation: University College and North East London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Orrell
authors.affiliation: University of West Scotland, Hamilton, Scotland, UK.
authors.forename: Debbie
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tolson
authors.affiliation: Italian National Research Center on Aging (INRCA), Ancona, Italy.
authors.forename: Angela Marie
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Abbatecola
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Health Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Hidenori
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Arai
authors.affiliation: Department of Geriatric Medicine, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Juergen M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Bauer
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Geriatria, Hospital Universitario Ramon y Cajal, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Alfonso J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Cruz-Jentoft
authors.affiliation: Department of Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
authors.forename: Birong
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.affiliation: Korean Association of Geriatric Hospitals, Incheon Eun-Hye Hospital, Incheon, Korea.
authors.forename: Hyuk
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ga
authors.affiliation: University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Ashish
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Goel
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
authors.forename: Ramzi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hajjar
authors.affiliation: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Humanities, CELLO, NT 11325 Quality of Long-Term Care Project, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Iva
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Holmerova
authors.affiliation: University of Toronto, Baycrest Medical Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Paul R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Katz
authors.affiliation: Department of Primary and Community Care, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Raymond T C M
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Koopmans
authors.affiliation: Gerontologie Clinique, CHU Toulouse, INSERM 1027, Toulouse, France.
authors.forename: Yves
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Rolland
authors.affiliation: Adelaide Geriatrics Training and Research with Aged Care Centre, School of Medicine, University of Adelaide and The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia.
authors.forename: Renuka
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Visvanathan
authors.affiliation: The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Woo
authors.affiliation: Division of Geriatric Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO; Division of Endocrinology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
authors.forename: John E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Morley
authors.affiliation: Gerontologie Clinique, CHU Toulouse, INSERM 1027, Toulouse, France.
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Vellas
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005853:Geriatrics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D008297:Male; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000145:classification*; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D018570:Risk Assessment
keywords: Nursing home definition; care home; long-term care