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Persons > Homebound Persons

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Homebound Persons  

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Entry terms

  • Home-Bound Person
  • Home Bound Persons
  • Home-Bound Persons
  • House-Bound Person
  • House Bound Persons
  • House-Bound Persons
  • Person, Home-Bound
  • Person, House-Bound
  • Persons, Home-Bound
  • Persons, House-Bound
  • Shut-In
  • Shut Ins
  • Shut-Ins

Note

  • IM; homebound elderly: coord IM with AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER or FRAIL ELDERLY (IM) only when aged is point of article

Scope note

  • Those unable to leave home without exceptional effort and support; patients (in this condition) who are provided with or are eligible for home health services, including medical treatment and personal care. Persons are considered homebound even if they may be infrequently and briefly absent from home if these absences do not indicate an ability to receive health care in a professional's office or health care facility. (From Facts on File Dictionary of Health Care Management, 1988, p309)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018577

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