Importance of experience for older home care workers in facing up to the constraints of work

Experimental Aging Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 405-410

  Cloutier, E ^a   David, H ^b   Prevost J ^a   Teiger, C ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE ROBERT SAUVÉ EN SANTÉ ET EN SÉCURITÉ DU TRAVAIL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH HAZARD; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SCREENING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORK CAPACITY;

ACCIDENTS; AGING; ANIMALS; EXERTION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORK;

EID: 0032880086     PISSN: 0361073X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/036107399243878     Document Type: Article

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