Staff-based measures of individualized care for persons with dementia in long-term care facilities

Dementia

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 527-547

  Chappell, Neena L ^a   Reid, Colin R ^b   Gish, Jessica A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Best practices; Care aides; Dementia care; Instrument development; Long term institutional care; Nursing home care

Indexed keywords

EID: 37248998788     PISSN: 14713012     EISSN: 17412684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471301207084372     Document Type: Article

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