Caring in residential aged-care. Qualitative findings from an e-cohort sub-study

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 2604-2612

  Tuckett, Anthony ^a   Hughes, Karen ^a   Gilmour, Jean ^b   Hegney, Desley ^a   Huntington, Annette ^b   Turner, Cathy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aged care; Care; Caring; Nurses; Nursing; Workforce

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MANPOWER; ORGANIZATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; RESIDENTIAL HOME; WORKLOAD;

COHORT STUDIES; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNET; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERSONNEL LOYALTY; PERSONNEL SELECTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 68949103489     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02735.x     Document Type: Article

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