Mental health in residential homes: A role for care staff

Ageing and Society

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 71-93

  Moxon, Sallie ^a,c   Lyne, Kenneth ^a   Sinclair, I A N ^b   Young, Philip ^b   Kirk, Christine ^a  

^a York Health Services NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c Research and Development Department   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care staff training; Care planning intervention; Depression; Mental health; Older people; Residential care; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY CARE; ELDERLY POPULATION; MENTAL HEALTH; TRAINING;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0035071305     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X01008054     Document Type: Article

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