Resident care needs and work stressors in special care units versus non-specialized long-term care units

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 465-476

  Pekkarinen, Laura ^a   Sinervo, Timo ^a   Elovainio, Marko ^a   Noro, Anja ^a   Finne Soveri, Harriet ^a   Leskinen, Esko ^b  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dementia; Multiple group regression analysis; Nursing working conditions; Organization of care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NURSING STAFF; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33750112553     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.20157     Document Type: Article

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