Nursing home social services directors' opinions about the number of residents they can serve

Journal of Aging and Social Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-52

  Bern Klug, Mercedes ^a   Kramer, Katherine W O ^b   Sharr, Peggy ^a   Cruz, Inez ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Long term care; Psychosocial; Social services; Social work; Staffing ratios

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SOCIAL WORK; WELFARE PROVISION;

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LONG TERM CARE; MANPOWER; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL WORK; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH FACILITY SIZE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONG-TERM CARE; NURSING HOMES; ODDS RATIO; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL WORK; SUBACUTE CARE; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950754211     PISSN: 08959420     EISSN: 15450821     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08959420903396426     Document Type: Article

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