Administrators and quality of care in long-term care facilities

Journal of Housing for the Elderly

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 243-260

  Keays, Sean ^a   Wister, Andrew V ^a   Gutman, Gloria M ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Administrator; Built environment; Long term care facility; Nursing home; Quality of care; Quantitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350761499     PISSN: 02763893     EISSN: 1540353X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02763890903035621     Document Type: Article

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