International Journal of Gerontology
Volume 4, Issue 2 , Pages 69-74 , June 2010

Factors Associated With Leisure Participation Among the Elderly Living in Long-term Care Facilities

  • Li Li

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing Home, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
  • ,
  • Hong-Jer Chang

      Affiliations

    • Co-first author
    • National Taipei College of Nursing, Taipei, Taiwan
  • ,
  • Hung-I Yeh

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
  • ,
  • Charles Jia-Yin Hou

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
  • ,
  • Cheng-Ho Tsai

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
  • ,
  • Jui-Peng Tsai

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Jui-Peng Tsai, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, 92, Section 2, Chung Shan North Road, Taipei 10449, Taiwan

,Accepted 19 January 2010.

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PII: S1873-9598(10)70026-0

doi: 10.1016/S1873-9598(10)70026-0

International Journal of Gerontology
Volume 4, Issue 2 , Pages 69-74 , June 2010