Dementia skills for all: A core competency framework for the workforce in the United Kingdom

Dementia

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 29-44

  Tsaroucha, Anna ^a   Benbow, Susan Mary ^a   Kingston, Paul ^a   Le Mesurier, Nick ^a  

^a STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

competencies; dementia; development; framework; workforce

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872334342     PISSN: 14713012     EISSN: 17412684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471301211416302     Document Type: Article

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