Level of empowerment and health knowledge of home support workers providing care for frail elderly

Home Health Care Services Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 61-80

  Johnson, C Shanthi ^a   Noel, Miriam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Empowerment; Frail elderly; Health; Home support worker

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; CANADA; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; CANADA; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOME HEALTH AIDES; HUMANS; MALE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34548336539     PISSN: 01621424     EISSN: 15450856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J027v26n03_04     Document Type: Article

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