A cluster-randomised trial of staff education to improve the quality of life of people with dementia living in residential care: The direct study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Beer, Christopher ^a,b   Horner, Barbara ^c   Flicker, Leon ^a,b   Scherer, Samuel ^e,f   Lautenschlager, Nicola T ^a,d,f   Bretland, Nick ^g   Flett, Penelope ^h   Schaper, Frank ⁱ   Almeida, Osvaldo P ^a,d,j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e Royal Freemasons   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^g Rowethorpe Medical Centre   (Australia)

^h Brightwater Care Group (Inc)   (Australia)

ⁱ Alzheimer's Australia WA Ltd   (Australia)

^j ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; STAFF TRAINING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 82355170966     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028155     Document Type: Article

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