Special care aides' attitudes toward therapeutic recreation for the elderly in long-term care

Activities, Adaptation and Aging

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 19-35

  Sullivan, Terri Lynn ^a   Sharpe, Donald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Elderly; Special care aides; Theory of planned behavior; Therapeutic recreation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746406743     PISSN: 01924788     EISSN: 15444368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J016v30n02_02     Document Type: Article

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