Assessment of dependency levels of older people in the community and measurement of nursing workload

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-49

  Byrne, Gobnait ^a   Brady, Anne Marie ^a   Horan, Paul ^a   MacGregor, Catriona ^a   Begley, Cecily ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Community Client Need Classification System; Community nursing; Dependency; Needs assessment; Older people; Resources; Workload

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IRELAND; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORKLOAD;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DEPENDENCY (PSYCHOLOGY); GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; IRELAND; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 34548437089     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04374.x     Document Type: Article

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