Developing personal relationships in care homes: Realising the contributions of staff, residents and family members

Ageing and Society

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1041-1063

  Wilson, Christine Brown ^a   Davies, Sue ^b   Nolan, Mike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care homes; Older people; Relationship centred care; Relationships; Resident centred care

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; HEALTH CARE;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70350567798     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X0900840X     Document Type: Article

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