Providing end-of-life care in care homes for older people: A qualitative study of the views of care home staff and community nurses

Journal of Applied Gerontology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 76-95

  Goddard, Cassie ^a   Stewart, Frances ^a   Thompson, Genevieve ^b   Hall, Sue ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

care home staff; care homes; community nurses; end of life care; older people

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CARE HOME STAFF; COMMUNITY NURSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; NURSING HOME PERSONNEL; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SKILL; TERMINAL CARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOME FOR THE AGED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84872322539     PISSN: 07334648     EISSN: 15524523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0733464811405047     Document Type: Article

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