Approaches to improving quality in nursing and residential homes: Recent developments in Australia and their relevance to the UK

Quality in Ageing and Older Adults

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 3-14

  Bartlett, Helen ^a   Boldy, Duncan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accreditation; Care homes; Comparative policy; Quality assurance; Standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043064331     PISSN: 14717794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14717794200100018     Document Type: Article

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