Impact of family members on nurse assistants: What helps, what hurts

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 350-356

  Looman, Wendy J ^a   Noelker, Linda S ^a   Schur, Dorothy ^a   Whitlatch, Carol J ^a   Ejaz, Farida K ^a  

^a Benjamin Rose Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitively impaired residents; Family members; Negative behavior; Nurse assistants; Positive behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAREGIVER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELATIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036862360     PISSN: 15333175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153331750201700606     Document Type: Article

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