The long-term care workforce crisis: Dementia-care training influences on job satisfaction and career commitment

Educational Gerontology

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 611-631

  Coogle, Constance L ^a   Head, Colleen A ^a   Parham, Iris A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33746825009     PISSN: 03601277     EISSN: 15210472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03601270500494147     Document Type: Article

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