Caregivers' attitudes to education and supervision in work with the older people in a nursing home

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 850-854

  Häggström, Elisabeth ^a   Bruhn, Åsa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Education; Nursing home; Older people

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREGIVERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; EDUCATION, CONTINUING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN;

EID: 70349733064     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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