Seeking connection: Family care experiences following long-term dementia care placement

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 3118-3125

  Bramble, Marguerite ^a   Moyle, Wendy ^a   McAllister, Margaret ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged care; Dementia; Family caregivers; Nurses; Nursing; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVER; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC;

EID: 70349929482     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.02878.x     Document Type: Article

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