Working in group living homes for older people with dementia: The effects on job satisfaction and burnout and the role of job characteristics

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 927-940

  Te Boekhorst, Selma ^a,b   Willemse, Bernadette ^a   Depla, Marja F I A ^a   Eefsting, Jan A ^b   Pot, Anne Margriet ^a,b,c  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

JDCS model; Nurses; Nursing home care; Staff

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CAREGIVER; DEMENTIA; DEPERSONALIZATION; ELDERLY CARE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; JOB CHARACTERISTICS; JOB SATISFACTION; NURSING HOME; NURSING PRACTICE; NURSING STAFF; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; DEPERSONALIZATION; FEMALE; GROUP HOMES; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 50149104238     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610208007291     Document Type: Article

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