Formal care providers' perceptions of home- and community-based services: Informing dementia care quality

Home Health Care Services Quarterly

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-23

  Jansen, Lynn ^a   Forbes, Dorothy A ^a   Markle Reid, Maureen ^b   Hawranik, Pamela ^c   Kingston, Dawn ^b   Peacock, Shellie ^d   Henderson, Sandra ^b   Leipert, Beverly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dementia care; Formal care providers; Perceptions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMUNITY CARE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MANITOBA; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ONTARIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SASKATCHEWAN; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 62249183071     PISSN: 01621424     EISSN: 15450856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621420802700952     Document Type: Article

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