Measurement and analysis of individualized care inventory responses comparing long-term care nurses and care aides

Gerontologist

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 839-846

  O'Rourke, Norm ^a   Chappell, Neena L ^b   Caspar, Sienna ^c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dementia care; Formal caregivers; Individualized care; Long term care; Scale reliability; Scale validation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INDIVIDUALIZED CARE INVENTORY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING CARE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PRACTICAL NURSE; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; REGISTERED NURSE; RESIDENT; SELF REPORT; VALIDITY;

DEMENTIA; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSES; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING HOMES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 72649099772     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnp053     Document Type: Article

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