Current experiences and educational preferences of general practitioners and staff caring for people with dementia living in residential facilities

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Beer, Christopher ^a,b,c   Horner, Barbara ^d   Almeida, Osvaldo P ^a,b   Scherer, Samuel ^e   Lautenschlager, Nicola T ^a,b,f   Bretland, Nick ^g   Flett, Penelope ^h   Schaper, Frank ⁱ   Flicker, Leon ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e Royal Freemasons' Homes of Victoria   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^g Rowethorpe Medical Centre   (Australia)

^h Brightwater Care Group (Inc)   (Australia)

ⁱ Alzheimer's Australia WA Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STAFF; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PHILOSOPHY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SAMPLE; TIME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOME FOR THE AGED; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATA COLLECTION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES;

EID: 69549092114     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-9-36     Document Type: Article

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