Older nursing home residents' experiences with videoconferencing to communicate with family members

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 1538-1543

  Tsai, Hsiu Hsin ^a   Tsai, Yun Fang ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Experience; Nurses; Nursing home; Older residents; Taiwan; Videoconference

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TAIWAN; VIDEOCONFERENCING; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; TAIWAN; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

EID: 77955929904     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03198.x     Document Type: Article

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