Caring as if it were my family: Health care aides' perspectives about expert care of the dying resident in a personal care home

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 449-457

  McClement, Susan ^a,b   Wowchuk, Suzanne ^c   Klaasen, Kathleen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b CANCERCARE MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c Chief Executive Officer and Registrar   (Canada)

^d Lions' Personal Care Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dying residents; Expert care; Health care aides; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CAREGIVER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; METHODOLOGY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARD; TERMINAL CARE;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CAREGIVERS; HOME HEALTH AIDES; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 74249106656     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1478951509990459     Document Type: Article

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