Reducing assaults against nursing home caregivers

Nursing Research

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 119-127

  Gates, Donna ^a,c   Fitzwater, Evelyn ^a   Succop, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Assaults; Elderly; Long term care; Nursing assistants; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANGER; ASSAULT; CAREGIVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING HOME; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SKILL; THEORETICAL MODEL; VIOLENCE;

EID: 17244376009     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006199-200503000-00006     Document Type: Review

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