How resident committees function in low-level residential aged care facilities

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 207-212

  Wilson, Leah ^a   Kirby, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decision making; Group processes; Group structure; Homes for the aged; Resident committee membership

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248600535     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2005.00122.x     Document Type: Article

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