Residential care for older people: Job satisfaction and psychological health in care staff

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 124-133

  Moniz Cook, Esme ^a   Millington, Dawn ^a   Silver, Miriam ^a  

^a Clinical Psychology Service for Older People   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Older people; Problematic behaviour; Residential care; Staff stress; Staff training

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031489851     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.1997.tb00107.x     Document Type: Article

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