Does the clinical context affect the validity of bathroom recommendations made by home health aides?

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 82-89

  Guay, Manon ^a,b   Desrosiers, Johanne ^a,b   Dubois, Marie France ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF GERIATRICS OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assistive devices; Community health services; Criterion validity; Home health aides; Hygiene; Occupational therapy

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY;

ASSISTIVE DEVICES; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICE; CRITERION VALIDITY; HOME HEALTH; HYGIENE;

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY DEVICE; BATH; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOME CARE; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; HYGIENE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 71749104871     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2009.08.007     Document Type: Article

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