The use of touch to enhance nursing care of older person in long-term mental health care facilities

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 541-545

  Gleeson, M ^a   Timmins, F ^b,c  

^a St Patrick's Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Older person and mental health; Touch

Indexed keywords

AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; TOUCH;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; EMPATHY; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING HOMES; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; TOUCH;

EID: 4944239576     PISSN: 13510126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2004.00757.x     Document Type: Review

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