Improving family-staff relationships in assisted living facilities: The views of family

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1232-1241

  Bauer, Michael ^a   Nay, Rhonda ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged care; Assisted living; Family carers; Residential care; Staff family relationships

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; AUSTRALIA; COOPERATION; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONG TERM CARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARD;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FAMILY; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; PATIENT TRANSFER; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VISITORS TO PATIENTS;

EID: 79955705750     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05575.x     Document Type: Article

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