Exploring nursing staff's attitudes and use of music for older people with dementia in long-term care facilities

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 11-12, 2011, Pages 1776-1783

  Sung, Huei Chuan ^a   Lee, Wen Li ^b   Chang, Shu Min ^b   Smith, Graeme D ^c  

^a TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TZU CHI COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dementia; Long term care; Music; Nurse; Nursing; Older people

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC THERAPY; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC THERAPY; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF;

EID: 79955750302     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03633.x     Document Type: Article

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