The Emotional Context Facing Nursing Home Residents' Families: A Call for Role Reinforcement Strategies from Nursing Homes and the Community

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 36-44

  Bern Klug, Mercedes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

chronic illness; end of life; ethnography; family; nursing home; older adult; Qualitative; role theory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; COMMUNITY CARE; CONCEPT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; EMOTIONALITY; FAMILY STRESS; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GUILT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL STRESS; NURSING CARE; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; ROLE THEORY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37549046446     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2007.08.010     Document Type: Article

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