Aged care residential facility and family interface: A training program for staff

Clinical Gerontologist

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 309-323

  Tisher, Tammy Berman ^a   Dean, Suzanne ^b   Tisher, Miriam ^a  

^a Alma Family Therapy Centre   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged care; Residents' families; Staff; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 67749084228     PISSN: 07317115     EISSN: 15452301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07317110902895952     Document Type: Article

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