Professional Caregivers' Mental Health Problems and Burnout in Small-Scale and Traditional Long Term Care Settings for Elderly People With Dementia in The Netherlands and Belgium

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 486.e7-486.e11

  de Rooij, Alida H P M ^a,b   Luijkx, Katrien G ^b   Declercq, Anja G ^c   Emmerink, Peggy M J ^a,b   Schols, Jos M G A ^d  

^a De Kievitshorst Care Centre   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Burnout; Dementia care; Nursing home care; Profressional caregivers; Small scale living; Work related mental health problem

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BURNOUT; CAREGIVER; DEMENTIA; DEPERSONALIZATION; ELDERLY CARE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NETHERLANDS; PROFESSIONAL CAREGIVER; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK EXPERIENCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84861711815     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2012.01.001     Document Type: Article

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