Characteristics of Nursing Home Social Services Directors: How Common is a Degree in Social Work?

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 36-44

  Bern Klug, Mercedes ^a   Kramer, Katherine W O ^a   Chan, Grace ^b   Kane, Rosalie ^c   Dorfman, Lorraine T ^a   Saunders, Jennifer B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d University of Minnesota ^*

Author keywords

nursing facility; Nursing home; psychosocial; quality of life; social services; social work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; LICENSING; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PERSONNEL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SALARY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57849136423     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2008.06.011     Document Type: Article

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