| Descriptor English: | Homebound Persons |
| Descriptor Spanish: | Personas Imposibilitadas |
| Descriptor Portuguese: | Pacientes Domiciliares |
| Descriptor French: | Personnes dépendantes à domicile |
| Entry term(s): |
Home Bound Persons Home-Bound Person Home-Bound Persons Homebound Person House Bound Persons House-Bound Person House-Bound Persons Person, Home-Bound Person, Homebound Person, House-Bound Persons, Home-Bound Persons, Homebound Persons, House-Bound Shut Ins Shut-In Shut-Ins |
| Tree number(s): |
M01.276 |
| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018577 |
| 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) |
| Annotation: | IM; homebound elderly: coord IM with AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER or FRAIL ELDERLY (IM) only when aged is point of article |
| Allowable Qualifiers: |
CL classification ED education HI history LJ legislation & jurisprudence PX psychology RH rehabilitation SN statistics & numerical data |
| Previous Indexing: |
Disabled (1983-1994) |
| Public MeSH Note: | 95 |
| History Note: | 95 |
| DeCS ID: | 32193 |
| Unique ID: | D018577 |
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents |
| Date Established: | 1995/01/01 |
| Date of Entry: | 1994/06/06 |
| Revision Date: | 2001/07/25 |
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Homebound Persons
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| Concept UI |
M0027845 |
| 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) |
| Preferred term | Homebound Persons |
| Entry term(s) |
Home Bound Persons Home-Bound Person Home-Bound Persons Homebound Person House Bound Persons House-Bound Person House-Bound Persons Person, Home-Bound Person, Homebound Person, House-Bound Persons, Home-Bound Persons, Homebound Persons, House-Bound Shut Ins Shut-In Shut-Ins |
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