What, why, and how care protocols are implemented in ontario nursing homes

Canadian Journal on Aging

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 73-85

  Berta, Whitney ^a   Ginsburg, Liane ^b   Gilbart, Erin ^c   Lemieux Charles, Louise ^a   Davis, Dave ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c 2by2 Strategies ^*  (Canada)

^d Division of Medical Education   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; care protocols; knowledge application; knowledge translation; long term care; practice standards

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; CANADA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONG TERM CARE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING HOME; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SKIN DISEASES; STANDARDS; URBAN POPULATION; ARTICLE; SKIN DISEASE; STANDARD;

AGED; AGING; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FOCUS GROUPS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; NURSING HOMES; ONTARIO; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SKIN DISEASES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84875703376     PISSN: 07149808     EISSN: 17101107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0714980813000081     Document Type: Article

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