Coordinating the roles of nursing home staff and families of elderly nursing home residents

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 332-339

  Natan, Merav Ben ^a  

^a HILLEL YAFFE MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Communication; Family role; Nurses; Nursing homes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FAMILY; FAMILY NURSING; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FAMILY; FAMILY NURSING; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349869267     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCQ.0b013e3181a8b257     Document Type: Article

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