Examining the role of information exchange in residential aged care work practices-a survey of residential aged care facilities

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Gaskin, Sarah ^a   Georgiou, Andrew ^a   Barton, Donna ^b   Westbrook, Johanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Sir Moses Montefiore Jewish Home   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Informatics; Long term care; Quality of care; Residential facilities; Safety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT CARE; RESIDENTIAL HOME;

ADULT; AGING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864438742     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-12-40     Document Type: Review

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