Educating the families of nursing home residents: A pilot study using a computer-based system

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 128-134

  Rosen, Jules ^a   Mittal, Vikas ^b   Mulsant, Benoit H ^a,d   Degenholtz, Howard ^c   Castle, Nicholas ^g   Fox, Debra ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c Public Health   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^f Fox Learning Systems Inc   (United States)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Education; Families; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGGRESSION; AGITATION; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CURRICULUM; DEMENTIA; ELDERLY CARE; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NEGRO; NURSING HOME; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PILOT STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAINING; UNITED STATES; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0038824072     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1525-8610(04)70321-7     Document Type: Article

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