Workers' experiences of crises in the delivery of home support services to older clients: A qualitative study

Journal of Applied Gerontology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 31-50

  Sims Gould, Joanie ^a   Byrne, Kerry ^a   Beck, Christina ^b   Martin Matthews, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

adverse events; care to older clients; crises; home care; home health care; home support; safety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK EXPERIENCE; WORK SCHEDULE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELDERLY CARE; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONNEL SELECTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84872313669     PISSN: 07334648     EISSN: 15524523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0733464811402198     Document Type: Article

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