Educating nursing assistants to communicate more effectively with nursing home residents with dementia

Gerontologist

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 546-558

  McCallion, Philip ^a   Toseland, Ronald W ^a   Lacey, Debra ^a   Banks, Steve ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia; Intervention; Nursing assistant; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING HOME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKILL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STAFF TRAINING; WELLBEING;

EID: 0033492043     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/39.5.546     Document Type: Article

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