Communication pathways in community aged care: An Australian study

International Journal of Older People Nursing

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 226-235

  Allen, Jacqui ^a   Ottmann, Goetz ^a   Brown, Rhonda ^a   Rasmussen, Bodil ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged care case managers; Communication; Community aged care; Community nurses; District nurses; Practice nurses

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGED CARE CASE MANAGERS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY AGED CARE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COMMUNITY NURSES; DISTRICT NURSES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE NURSES; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED CARE CASE MANAGERS; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNITY AGED CARE; COMMUNITY NURSES; DISTRICT NURSES; PRACTICE NURSES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CASE MANAGEMENT; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT DISCHARGE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84881569473     PISSN: 17483735     EISSN: 17483743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/opn.12004     Document Type: Article

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