Measuring the Person-Centeredness of Caregivers Working With Nursing Home Residents With Dementia

Behavior Therapy

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 89-99

  Lann Wolcott, Hannah ^a   Medvene, Louis J ^a   Williams, Kristine ^b  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GLOBAL BEHAVIOR SCALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING HOME; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PERSON CENTERED BEHAVIOR INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT COMPLIANCE;

EID: 79551470217     PISSN: 00057894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2010.02.005     Document Type: Article

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