Is it possible to reduce job burnout of the health care staff working with demented patients?

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 38, Issue SUPPL., 2004, Pages 51-56

  Baldelli, M V ^a   Fabbo, A ^b   Costopulos, C ^c   Carbone, G ^c   Gatti, R ^c   Zucchi, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b AUSL Modena   (Italy)

^c Concordia Nursing Home ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Demented patients; Job burnout; Maslach burnout inventory; Nursing home staff

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSING HOME; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AGED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 3042547848     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2004.04.009     Document Type: Article

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