Care staff attitudes and experiences of working with older people with dementia

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 186-190

  Moyle, Wendy ^a   Murfield, Jenny E ^a   Griffiths, Susan G ^a   Venturato, Lorraine ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Job satisfaction; Long term care; Nursing; Person centred

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING HOME; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84155168058     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2010.00470.x     Document Type: Article

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