Challenges for institutional elder care in Slovenian nursing homes

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 17-18, 2012, Pages 2579-2589

  Habjanič, Ana ^a   Saarnio, Reetta ^b   Elo, Satu ^b   Turk, Dušanka Mičetić ^c   Isola, Arja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Elder care; Nursing home; Nursing staff; Relatives; Residents

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SLOVENIA;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SLOVENIA;

EID: 84865286061     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.04044.x     Document Type: Article

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