Knowledge exchange throughout the dementia care journey by canadian rural community-based health care practitioners, persons with dementia, and their care partners: An interpretive descriptive study

Rural and Remote Health

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Forbes, D A ^a   Finkelstein, S ^b   Blake, C M ^c   Gibson, M ^d   Morgan, D G ^e   Markle Reid, M ^f   Culum, I ^c   Thiessen, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d PARKWOOD HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^f MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Access; Assess and apply information; Canada; Dementia; Knowledge exchange; Rural community based dementia care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CAREGIVER; COMMUNITY CARE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; MANPOWER; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

CANADA; CAREGIVERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84873532995     PISSN: 14456354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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