Staff and relatives' perspectives on the aggressive behaviour of older people with dementia in residential care: A qualitative study

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 792-800

  Duxbury, J ^a   Pulsford, D ^a   Hadi, M ^a   Sykes, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggression; Attitudes; Care homes; Dementia; Person centred care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDES; CARE HOMES; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NURSING; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PERSON-CENTRED CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

AGGRESSION; ATTITUDES; CARE HOMES; DEMENTIA; PERSON-CENTRED CARE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; DEMENTIA; ENGLAND; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885188739     PISSN: 13510126     EISSN: 13652850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpm.12018     Document Type: Article

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