Nurse led care coordination: Trial protocol and development of a best practice resource guide for a cluster controlled clinical trial in Australian aged care facilities

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 15-19

  Arendts, Glenn ^a,b   Etherton Beer, Christopher ^c   Howard, Kirsten ^d   Lewin, Gill ^e,f   Sim, Moira ^e,g   Pickstock, Sarah ^e   Fitzhardinge, Sarah ^b   O'Brien, Keith ^h   Tassell, Shannon ^h   Deans, Pamela ⁱ   Blackwell, Scott ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e Silver Chain   (Australia)

^f CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h Amana Living Group ^*  (Australia)

ⁱ Amana Living Group   (Australia)

Author keywords

Care coordination; Hospitalization; Nursing homes; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; CLINICAL STUDY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; GERIATRIC NURSING; GERONTOLOGIC NURSE PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; NURSE LED CARE; NURSING HOME; NURSING PROTOCOL; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AGED CARE FACILITY; RESIDENTIAL HOME;

CARE COORDINATION; HOSPITALIZATION; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

AGED; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC NURSING; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HOME NURSING; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84885957222     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2013.07.004     Document Type: Article

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