The influence of care provider access to structural empowerment on individualized care in long-term-care facilities

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Caspar, Sienna ^a   O'Rourke, Norm ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Organizational behavior; Quality improvement; Residential care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPOWERMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRACTICAL NURSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTERED NURSE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 49449109439     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/63.4.S255     Document Type: Article

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