Staff views on the Resident Assessment Instrument, RAI/MDS, in nursing homes, and the use of the Cognitive Performance Scale, CPS, in different levels of care in Stockholm, Sweden

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 642-653

  Hansebo, Görel ^a   Kihlgren, Mona ^b   Ljunggren, Gunnar ^a   Winblad, Bengt ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO MEDICAL CENTRE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Care of elderly; Cognitive impairment; Multidimensional functional assessment; Nurses' views; Nursing documentation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HOME FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING HOME; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWEDEN;

EID: 0032158710     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1998.00707.x     Document Type: Article

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