@article {Sanford1343_2015, year = {2015}, author = {Sanford, Angela M and Orrell, Martin and Tolson, Debbie and Abbatecola, Angela Marie and Arai, Hidenori and Bauer, Juergen M and Cruz-Jentoft, Alfonso J and Dong, Birong and Ga, Hyuk and Goel, Ashish and Hajjar, Ramzi and Holmerova, Iva and Katz, Paul R and Koopmans, Raymond T C M and Rolland, Yves and Visvanathan, Renuka and Woo, Jean and Morley, John E and Vellas, Bruno}, title = {An international definition for "nursing home"}, journal = {Journal of the American Medical Directors Association}, volume = {16}, number = {3}, page = {181-184}, DOI = {10.1016/j.jamda.2014.12.013}, ISSN = {1}, keywords = {Long-term Care, Care Home, Nursing Home Definition}, 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."} }