Using a measure of person-perception skills to identify outstanding home care workers

Home Health Care Services Quarterly

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 24-41

  Grosch, Kerry ^a   Medvene, Louis ^a   Walker, Diane ^b  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Griswold Special Care   (United States)

Author keywords

Home care workers; Person centeredness; Person centered care; Quality caregiving; Quality indicators

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HOME HEALTH AIDES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PERCEPTION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79951559313     PISSN: 01621424     EISSN: 15450856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621424.2011.545738     Document Type: Article

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