Staff attitudes towards older patients with cognitive impairment: Need for improvements in acute care

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 640-647

  Nilsson, Anita ^a   Lindkvist, Marie ^a   Rasmussen, Birgit H ^a   Edvardsson, David ^a,b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitude of health personnel; Cognition disorders; Frail elderly; Hospitals; Stress

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84864304992     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2012.01406.x     Document Type: Article

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