Working in long-term care settings for older people with dementia: Nurses' aides

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 587-593

  Sung, Huei Chuan ^a,b,c   Chang, Shu Min ^a   Tsai, Chuan Shoiu ^a  

^a TZU CHI COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dementia; Job motivation; Long term care; Nurse aide; Nursing; Older people; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM CARE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT CARE; REVIEW; SALARY; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; DEMENTIA; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MOTIVATION; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING HOMES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; TAIWAN; WORKLOAD;

EID: 17844362690     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2004.01111.x     Document Type: Review

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