The meaning of mobility for residents and staff in long-term care facilities

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 338-345

  Bourret, E M ^a   Bernick, L G ^a   Cott, C A ^b   Kontos, P C ^c  

^a BAYCREST CENTRE FOR GERIATRIC CARE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Ethnographic methods; Long term care; Mobility; Nurse client relationship; Nursing home; Nursing older people; Nursing staff; Residents perspectives

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MANPOWER; NURSE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; THEORETICAL MODEL; WALKING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NURSES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; WALKING;

EID: 0036479693     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2002.02104.x     Document Type: Article

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